Text and Backgrounds

[urb]

Which is easier to read?

Dark text on light background or light text on dark background?

[Surfn]

Both work for me :)

[MrMaryLou]

Depends on what mood I want for the site :)

[kristydoll]

For minor amounts of reading - either works fine.

If the site is reading intensive - my personal preference is dark text on light backgrounds. Light text on a dark background is hard on the eyes after awhile.

kristy

[Cleo]

For larger text in doesn't really matter as long as it isn't something really awful like red text on a blue background.

For large amounts of text like this board I would say dark text on a light background.

[shelmal]

I guess both work but for some reason I like light text on darker background better.

[Greenguy]

No one will remember this, but the original Link O'Rama had a Lime Green background with Fuchsia as the font color - it was really, really annoying :)

[GeorgeTH]

Results so far: we agree to disagree LOL

If you're going 9 point font or below I think dark on light works the best, in any other case both are fine. I found that text on black shouldn't be the maximum contrast colour, eg. a light grey like #DBDBDB is gentler on the eyes than crisp white #FFFFFF...

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[venturi]

Either one works for me, as long as there is a DISTINCT contrast between the two. Being partially colorblind there are a number of combinations that really wreak havoc on my eyes.

[Extreme John]

Lately im on the kick of White or real light Backgrounds with Darker text. As im finding out not everyone feel's the same way :)

[coy]

I like the dark backgrounds and light fonts :) but both are fine to read... as long as there aren't any annoying colors involved. The Link O'Rama that Gg mentioned would have killed me! hehehe

[dareutwo]

I remember that layout GG :)

[Sarah_Jayne]

I tend to go for darker backgrounds but I like to mix it up to keep my own interest if for no other reason.

As long as the text and the background don't clash too badly I'm happy.