Kate,

One way to distinguish text in different languages is to print them on
different colored backgrounds. Pastels seem to work nicely. This way the
reader can just look for one color of label instead of "searching" for the
right language. Hope this helps.

Mandy Langfald
Registrar/Collections Manager - The Danish Immigrant Museum
PO Box 470
2212 Washington
Elk Horn, IA 51531
712-764-7001   FAX 712-764-7002
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From: Kate Navarra <[log in to unmask]>
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Sent: Friday, October 25, 2002 11:51 AM
Subject: Bilingual Exhibits


> Hello!
>
> I am working on an exhibit that will be displayed in
> both English and Spanish. Does anyone know of any
> fairly inexpensive ways to display bilingual exhibits.
> We want to make sure that visitors are not overwhelmed
> by the amount of text if both English and Spanish text
> is seen at the same time.
>
> Thanks so much for any ideas you have!!
>
> Kate Navarra
> University of Massachusetts Amherst
> Wistariahurst Museum, Holyoke MA
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