I would really like to post the Harper's Weekly on a regular basis. Archived copies from 1858 on are availiable for free in pdf. I saved the first year and found that the font is so small I can barely read it. I printed out a page at 175% of the original size and it is a little better, but how much better? I will post a sample page of text below. It looks like there are about 16 pages per week. Would it be worthwhile to print them all?
To be honest, it is difficult to read the sample you provided. I tried zooming in with my browser but it only got blurrier. It can be read however but not nearly as easy as the Harper’s Monthly you have up top of this thread. Maybe if the background was able to be made white, the print would contrast better.
Follow up from above. I found that if I magnify the screen to 170% it is more easily readable. I guess the original magazine was meant to be read with a magnifying glass.
I can’t read it. It is just too small and also blurry.
If I make it larger, it gets all fuzzy. “Readable,” but then, I used to be a typist for the Corps of Engineers, so I can read, like, anything.
Thanks for the test Homer. My tired old eyes can’t decipher about half of the text. Sorry.