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DISPLAY APPARATUS COMPRISING A FIRST PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL TRANSPARENT CONDUCTIVE STRIPS IN A FIRST PLANE, SAID STRIPS BEING SKEWED WITH RESPECT TO A REFERENCE PLANE, THE SIDE OF EACH STRIP FARTHEST FROM THE REFERENCE PLANE FORMING AN ANGLE WITH RESPECT TO THE REFERENCE PLANE, A SECOND PLURALITY OF SUBSTANTIALLY PARALLEL CONDUCTIVE STRIPS IN A SECOND PLANE PARALLEL TO SAID FIRST PLANE, SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF STRIPS BEING OF SUCH LENGTHS AND SO SKEWED WITH RESPECT TO THE REFERENCE PLANE THAT SIDES OF THESE STRIPS LIE IN PLANES WITH RESPECTIVE SIDES OF THE STRIPS OF SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF STRIPS, THE FARTHEST SIDES OF THE STRIPS OF SAID SECOND PLURALITY OF STRIPS FORMING DIFFERENT ANGLES WITH RESPECT TO THE REFERENCE PLANE THAN THE AFORESAID ANGLES FORMED BY SAID FIRST PLURALITY OF STRIPS, AND PLANAR MEANS SITUATED BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLANES RESPONSIVE TO VOLTAGE DIFFERENTIALS APPLIED BETWEEN OPPOSING STRIPS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES TO ILLUMINATE SAID PLANAR MEANS IN THE REGIONS WHERE RESPECTIVE ELECTRICALLY EXCITABLE STRIPS OF SAID FIRST AND SECOND PLURALITIES OVERLAP.