On Friday 24 August 2001 12:45, Pixel wrote: > Andreas Voegele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > And haven't studies shown that using a light background with dark > > letters is better than using a dark background with light letters? > > i don't know if studies do say so. > >From a search on Google on "research readability" i found http://www.beta-research.com/standards.html from which I selected Yale C-AIM WWW Style Manual , thus at http://info.med.yale.edu/caim/manual/graphics/backgrounds.html I get: Background colors and legibility ... Black text on a white (or very light gray) background yields the best overall type contrast and legibility. Studies have shown the black backgrounds are significantly less legible than white backgrounds, even when white type is used (for maximum contrast). regards guran
