Charles Stirling Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 As someone else pointed out, the black text on a very white background is hard, tiring to read. Something not so bright would be better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ed Rooney Posted April 27, 2013 Share Posted April 27, 2013 Have you folks never been to a library? 99.8% of all books have black type on white paper. I just replaced my Kindle e-reader to get black on white. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Inchiquin Posted April 28, 2013 Share Posted April 28, 2013 Have you folks never been to a library? 99.8% of all books have black type on white paper. I just replaced my Kindle e-reader to get black on white. I think it may be due to differences in eyesight. I've often heard people say they find it more restful to read white on black, but it just makes my eyes go funny and is anything but restful (but orange or green on black, as in older monitors, is fine). When I was a magazine editor occasionally we would print a page in white on black and the subsequent comments from readers were about 50-50. What's really needed is a configurable option, which is something that I always used to include in my software. Alan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davies Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 As someone else pointed out, the black text on a very white background is hard, tiring to read. Something not so bright would be better. More environment friendly also! David Davies Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DickJ Posted May 2, 2013 Share Posted May 2, 2013 I had been told that italics was harder to read, but didn't notice it until I got older. Now I can verify that it is true. White on black is the same--harder for old eyes. Dick Janzig Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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