An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself from a typographic mess

Re:An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself ... by sansnomme on Thursday May 23, 2019 @02:08AM (#19988931)

I know page design ≠ implementation of design but the poor font colour pairing doesn't lend much credibility.

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Re:An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself ... by spronkey on Friday May 24, 2019 @01:59AM (#19998856)

I don't get it - what's wrong with the colour pairing?

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Re:An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself ... by sansnomme on Friday May 24, 2019 @06:58AM (#20000238)

The greyscale text is way too light. Very hard on the eyes.

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Re:An abstraction called text styles – How to save yourself ... by spronkey on Sunday May 26, 2019 @11:16PM (#20019150)

Hmm, it's possibly more the font, your system's font rendering, and/or your display than the colour.

It's an easy pass for WCAG AA with 5:1 contrast ratio, but I think it's marginal for WCAG AAA as it's about 20px in size, but not bold.

If you're finding that hard on the eyes it might pay to check your display's brightness with a colorimeter. Most displays are far too bright out of the box.

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