I worked on an English/French exhibit a few years ago, and it was
designed to have the English in blue text, and the French in grey.  It
took a bit of juggling to get the photos, drawings and twice a much as
usual text to fit onto the panels (and still have the appropriate text
match up with the right illustration, in both languages), but it was
do-able.  The different coloured text was a visual clue as to where the
visitor should look for information, and the other language seemed to
fade away, almost as a background design element.

The exhibit has been seen by tens of thousands of visitors in the two
years it has toured--I've never heard negative feedback of visitors
being overwhelmed by text in both languages.

Cheers



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Tim McShane, Assistant--Cultural History
Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery
1302 Bomford Crescent S.W.
Medicine Hat, AB   T1A 5E6
(403) 502-8587

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