On Aug 24 2001, 13:24 +0000, guran wrote: > 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). ---tom:--- And _which_ studies are _they_ referring to? ;-) You've just set the problem one step back. tom -- Tom Berger, Maintainer of MandrakeUser.Org, General Nuisance Since 1999 GPG-ID: 0x6AD65877 http://germany.keyserver.net/ Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Is it a bad sign if you spend the day wondering why there are no laws against what you do for a living?" (Dilbert)
