1. An optometric test card for reading by a patient during an eye examination comprising: an opaque, generally planar medium having a plurality of characters formed thereon for reading by the patient, each character formed by a plurality of pixel elements arranged in a predetermined pattern; each pixel element having a center, and having a maximum optical density adjacent the center, the density gradually decreasing as a function of distance from the center, so that the edges of the characters appear fuzzy to the patient, thereby simulating the visual effect of a computer display screen and wherein the medium comprises a photosensitive material and the characters are formed thereon by a photographic process.