Text/background colors?
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Text/background colors?
If a website has a lot of content (a lot of text to read), do you prefer a dark background with lighter text, or a lighter background with darker text?
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Light background with dark text here too. I find the opposite makes me see bars for a couple minutes. I like working with either though.
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Yeah, light background with dark text. The opposite can take me a while to get adjusted to, but if the font size is okay and the font colour isn't stark white, I usually do fine.
(I do love seeing dark backgrounds though...! *-*)
(I do love seeing dark backgrounds though...! *-*)
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Lighter background with dark text is better to read, but I don't mind the opposite (I do it a lot myself, depending on the layout), so long as it's legible and a decent size/contrast. None of this early 00s style with tiny text that seemed designed to blend into the background.
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Dark text on light background and BIG FONT hurray.
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Lighter background with dark text but NOT a high contrast (IE: black on white). Any stark contrast like that is difficult to read for long periods of time. Personally, I prefer a lower contrast with gray on grays or dark grays on a texture.
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I definitely agree! Black on white/white on black actually physically hurts me after a while.Destinie wrote:Lighter background with dark text but NOT a high contrast (IE: black on white). Any stark contrast like that is difficult to read for long periods of time. Personally, I prefer a lower contrast with gray on grays or dark grays on a texture.
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Yeah, I'm definitely going large for my shrine content. There's no way to make the reading enjoyable without some size and contrast. :-)nyxmidnight wrote:Dark text on light background and BIG FONT hurray.
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Aaah, you understand my pain! (I have very bad eyes).FandomSavant wrote:Yeah, I'm definitely going large for my shrine content. There's no way to make the reading enjoyable without some size and contrast. :-)nyxmidnight wrote:Dark text on light background and BIG FONT hurray.
Join in the Tale, in the Blight, of Conquest and Lies
Come the Sun, to Tarnish in the Sky
Vow that we shall Tear the Light - Dark seizes the Throne
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Come the Sun, to Tarnish in the Sky
Vow that we shall Tear the Light - Dark seizes the Throne
Lost in thoughts, all alone
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Indeed I do. If I can't read my own writing after a few minutes, I can't expect anyone else to stick around trying. Ha ha. :)nyxmidnight wrote:Aaah, you understand my pain! (I have very bad eyes).FandomSavant wrote:Yeah, I'm definitely going large for my shrine content. There's no way to make the reading enjoyable without some size and contrast. :-)nyxmidnight wrote:Dark text on light background and BIG FONT hurray.