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Originally Posted by NightGeometry
Surely the flex light would be no help. It is lighting *above* the text. Wouldn't you want the light below the text, so that the dark areas block some light (and hence the problem with white/black eink).
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If eink is opaque, then you would have to use a light above the text. (LCD panels are transparent, which is why backlighting is possible.) I'm fairly certain that the flexlight idea was used on LCD screens in the olden days, so it is actually a proven idea. If I recall correctly, modern LCDs use backlights since it improves the contrast, and improved contrast is needed in bright environments. But the flexlight is only needed in low light conditions, since eink is reflective enough for bright environments, so that is not going to be an issue.