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general question about surface

Only glossy for me...personal tastes...

Of course! And that's my personal taste! ... even though my real personal taste is for acrylic sized art papers.
 
So did I -- finally, with my usual delayed intelligence...
 
It isn't so much a lack of blacks, but rather the character of the blacks that are there.
Ink vs charcoal.
This sums it up, nicely. The black is really black, but not 'in your face'. That is what I like. - David Lyga
 
Just to say that I too am an FB matt lover.

Terry S
There is something 'rich' about matte, although, correctly stated, matte has less tonal range. It is just that that 'range' is stated more grandly and reflections don't impinge onto the statement made. It is that simple and matte would not exist unless there were not people as 'crazy' as David Lyga.

I demand to go to Southend on the Sea and take a boat all the way up the Thames to London. - David Lyga