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Old 28th January 2018, 22:29
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Re: Osprey's obsession on colour eye candy

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Originally Posted by Jukka Juutinen View Post
They could be considerably more detailed within the same page count very easily. E.g. the above mentioned Duel volume has about 3800 characters per full text page. E.g. an old Aircraft in Profile has over 7000 characters per page. But even Osprey has done better ocasionally. E.g. the Elite volume 38 (NVA and Viet Cong) hasd its pages properly filled with smallish print giving over 8000 characters per page.
I think Ospreys are heavily slanted toward modellers and modellers are an increasingly aging demographic with, frankly, failing eyesight. Tiny print is a no-no.