On Thu, February 24, 2011 17:20, Christopher Strevens wrote: > I was taught to sign in pencil. Until recently I had photos taken of me as > a > baby by a local photographer in Wimbledon that were signed in pencil and > the > inscription is visible and the print is still good. That was the usual advice in the fiber-base days. The papers I print on mostly these days (inkjet) don't seem to take pencil marks very well; hardly at all, in fact. -- David Dyer-Bennet, dd-b@xxxxxxxx; http://dd-b.net/ Snapshots: http://dd-b.net/dd-b/SnapshotAlbum/data/ Photos: http://dd-b.net/photography/gallery/ Dragaera: http://dragaera.info