From: Hild
Message: 971
Date: 2001-03-06
> >I took a look. Concratulations!Looks very good to me! :))))
> >But I note the page numbers are missing from the GIF's.
> >For example, in my copy, the last page "ÖXL ÖXUL-TRÉ"
> >has the PAGE NUMBER "[532]" right in the middle above
> >the column divide line.
>
> Heill Keth,
>
> Some of the scans that Sean did have the page numbers chopped off. The .GIF
> files are in the order that he had them scanned. I can add the page numbers
> to the ones that were chopped off but that is about as much as I can do
> unless Sean rescans for me.
>
> >Page numbers are nice if you want to use the dictionary
> >as reference. Also, the fact that the GIF's are black
> >will cause ugly printouts, if you want to take out a page
> >or two on a printer. (e.g.for ease of proofreading)
> >But maybe printers can be told to print reverse images?
> >At any rate, I think the default ought to be b on w.
>
> >The images are also a bit wide for my screen. My impression
> >is that a size reduction would not hurt. But probably the
> >present size is an advantage for the OCR process (?)
>
> On the size and the color, again those are how the files came to me and my
> main priority was to get them up quickly so the dictionary could be of use to
> the most people, but now that I do have them up and can start making some
> adjustments. I wanted to keep the originals large for OCR but I can reduce
> them now and also do a negative image on the .GIF's. I have a test image up
> at
> http://www.midhnottsol.org/public/concise/gifs/test.gif
> It looks pretty good on my screen. I am hoping a few people can go check it
> out to see if it looks good for everyone.