Negative writing

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Station sign at the Berlin underground station Alexanderplatz in negative type

Under negative writing refers to a font with bright letters on a dark background . The opposite, i.e. dark letters on a light background, is called positive writing .

Problem with multi-color printing

While small negative fonts can also be displayed on the screen without any problems, such text passages sometimes pose a problem with printed products. If the background consists of a color tone made up of several process colors , even small deviations in the color register of the printing machine can make the text difficult to read. Speed ​​cameras and overlapping of the color separations ensure a washed-out typeface , the typeface blends in.

This can be remedied by formatting the letters "bold" . Furthermore, large, sans serif fonts are less susceptible than small fonts with filigree serifs . In the case of light fonts (not paper white), the result can be improved by prior trapping in prepress .

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