Abstract: A soluble polyimide solution is applied to the color filter substrate and the TFT substrate of a liquid crystal display. The lower half of the pixels in the color filter substrate and the upper half of the pixels in the TFT substrate are dried by heating by irradiating it with a laser beam. The remaining sections are thereafter dried naturally. The pretilt angle of the molecules of the liquid crystal material in contact with the sections dried by heating with the laser beam is small and the pretilt angle of the molecules which are in contact with the section dried naturally is large, enabling the viewing angle to be widened.

Abstract: The object of this invention is to provide a light scattering liquid crystal display applicable to direct view type displays which realizes a structure with uniform-brightness and high-contrast. A liquid crystal display of this invention including a light scattering liquid crystal cell 10 comprising: polymer dispersed liquid crystal; a first surface and a second surface defining the liquid crystal cell 10; a background having black patterns 17, each occupying an area covering at least display pixel, and first openings 19 existing between the black patterns on the first surface; and opaque mask 21 having second openings 23 and shading the locations opposite to the first openings 19.