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To: chajin; henkster; CougarGA7; BroJoeK; central_va; Larry Lucido; wagglebee; Colonel_Flagg; Amagi; ...
I need some input, class.

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?

 photo Harpers weekly 100-175_zpsehcqzplh.jpg

25 posted on 09/04/2017 9:53:03 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

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.


27 posted on 09/04/2017 10:00:18 AM PDT by SamAdams76
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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.


28 posted on 09/04/2017 10:02:17 AM PDT by Homer_J_Simpson ("Every nation has the government that it deserves." - Joseph de Maistre (1753-1821))
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

I can’t read it. It is just too small and also blurry.


30 posted on 09/04/2017 10:24:31 AM PDT by rdl6989
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

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.


33 posted on 09/04/2017 3:10:26 PM PDT by Tax-chick ("Freedom is freedom, and not another thing."~Theodore Dalrymple)
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To: Homer_J_Simpson

Thanks for the test Homer. My tired old eyes can’t decipher about half of the text. Sorry.


39 posted on 09/05/2017 5:55:45 AM PDT by rockrr (Everything is different now...)
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