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Date:         Wed, 16 Aug 2000 00:14:55 PDT
Reply-To:     Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Mark Dorm <mark_hb@hotmail.com>
Subject:      Re: List Stickers Opinion
Comments: To: wdavidson@thegrid.net
Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed

If you want your list sticker to be visible tack a bra onto it.

> > > 1. White sticker on my wife's BLACK Cherokee with tinted windows: VERY > > VISIBLE! > >Perfect example of contrast (white on black)... part of what I was saying.. > > > 2. Blue sticker on back window of my white Westy: NOT VISIBLE (very >subtle) > >Only because the background of the sticker is clear... no contrast with the >stuff inside the vanagon which creates visual distraction rather than >contrast... the other part of what I was saying... > > > 3. Blue sticker on back of white pop top (next to Westfalia logo): VERY > > VISIBLE > >Further illustrates my comment in #2 above.... a clear sticker background >only works if what behind it is a solid, contrasting color... > > > 4. Yellow sticker on back window of white westy: VISIBLE, but ugly, IMHO > > > >Again... due to clear sticker, only REALLY visible if what is behind the >sticker is a contrasting color and does not visually distract... this will >not be the case for all... > > > If you want VISIBILITY - go with a white or yellow sticker on your back > > window. > >Will NOT be visible unless the stuff on the inside of the van is >contrasting >color.... for instance... a white sticker with the gray Westy curtains >behind it will NOT contrast and NOT be visible.... > >Or, if you have a white pop-top, use a blue sticker on the front > > and rear of the pop-top next to the Westfalia logo. > >Agreed... but who wants to risk damagin the surface of the pop top if you >ever remove the sticker? > > > As the French say: "Chacon a son gout" (Each to his own taste) > > > >Sure... if people are happy with the visibility of the sticker that okay by >me... I want to point out that I don't think they are very visibile and >ways >to make that better... like for window situations backing the sticker with >a >contrasting color paper... or, maybe with future printings of the sticker >having a solid, contrasting background sticker color... > >Bill

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