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Actually even then on the screen you don't want #000 because it's more contrast than you need and starts to strain the eye. https://twitter.com/H_FJ/status/118
by ianstormtaylor 14y ago
Actually even then on the screen you don't want #000 because it's more contrast than you need and starts to strain the eye.
https://twitter.com/H_FJ/status/11800719859 https://twitter.com/H_FJ/status/11800719859
- sp332 14y agoHm? That tweet says that #000 looks better. Edit: OK I totally missed the first smaller tweet at the top. Banner blindness I guess.
- ianstormtaylor 14y agoNo, the first tweet says that a speaker at AEA recommended #333. And the second tweet says that H&FJ–an incredibly-highly respected type foundry—had been using an even lighter shade of #444 for all of the type specimens on their website. Then, finally, it says that 4 days after the iPad launched (that's when this tweet happened) H&FJ had been noticing that black text looks best on the iPad (as opposed to all previous knowledge). And we have no update on their final decision about iPad type color.
- ricardobeat 14y agoThat's probably not the case after the iPad 3. Lighter text doesn't always look good on iPad1/2 because of the short reading distance + standard res screen, aliasing is very visible.
- catshirt 14y agoyes but for what it's worth they're arguing against zeldman
- zcvosdfdgj 14y agohe might have a point. but I have a very hard time taking design advice from someone who put that distracting background on his page.