This App Makes Your Laptop Screen Look Like Paper
Justin PotGearSep 23, 2026 6:45 AMThis App Makes Your Laptop Screen Look Like PaperThe app Paperman gives your screen some added texture in an effort to make it easier on your eyes. It works best for reading, writing, or otherwise working with text.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyTech is so sterile now—everything lives on the same shiny screens. It's nice, then, when you find an application that exists mostly just to add a little grit to these devices.That's how I'm interpreting Paperman, which makes everything on your computer screen look like it’s printed on paper.
- ▪Justin PotGearSep 23, 2026 6:45 AMThis App Makes Your Laptop Screen Look Like PaperThe app Paperman gives your screen some added texture in an effort to make it easier on your eyes.
- ▪It works best for reading, writing, or otherwise working with text.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyTech is so sterile now—everything lives on the same
- ▪It's nice, then, when you find an application that exists mostly just to add a little grit to these devices.That's how I'm interpreting Paperman, which makes everything on your computer screen look like it’s printed on paper.
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Justin PotGearSep 23, 2026 6:45 AMThis App Makes Your Laptop Screen Look Like PaperThe app Paperman gives your screen some added texture in an effort to make it easier on your eyes. It works best for reading, writing, or otherwise working with text.Photo-Illustration: Wired Staff; Getty ImagesCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyCommentLoaderSave StorySave this storyTech is so sterile now—everything lives on the same shiny screens. It's nice, then, when you find an application that exists mostly just to add a little grit to these devices.That's how I'm interpreting Paperman, which makes everything on your computer screen look like it’s printed on paper. The application, from Finnish developers DoublOne, does this by adding a textural overlay onto everything you see on the screen.
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