58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere

Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by zamalek on Monday April 08, 2019 @02:15PM (#19607657)

> Black text has been fine since the first printing press

Keep in mind that paper is not an emissive surface, like an LCD panel is. Black-on-white is fine for e.g. e-ink displays or calibrated brightness (~15-30% on most displays, which is not the default).

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by tomjakubowski on Monday April 08, 2019 @09:35PM (#19610895)

Further, book paper - particularly for non-technical books, where diagrams are rare and reading is done in long, uninterrupted stretches - is often intentionally off-white, to lower the contrast and make it easier on the eyes.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by mamon on Wednesday April 10, 2019 @01:33AM (#19622125)

Off-white paper is there for cost-saving reasons, used mostly for cheap romances and thrillers typically sold in airport bookstores. I don't think they even consider readers comfort when choosing it.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by copperx on Monday April 15, 2019 @02:15PM (#19667462)

Textbooks with glossy, bright white paper are a pain to read under a library light. But they make images look great.

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Re:58 Bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere by altfredd on Monday April 08, 2019 @08:38PM (#19610566)

Smartphones tune down brightness in power saving mode (and so do e-ink books). Most websites are barely legible under those conditions, because web designers have been so heavily corrupted by backlight.

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