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I don't have perfect vision, so these sort of glows kick in automatically, especially when I'm tired. I't problematic enough to make me switch to a lower contra
by some1else 12y ago
I don't have perfect vision, so these sort of glows kick in automatically, especially when I'm tired. I't problematic enough to make me switch to a lower contrast theme when I work at night. It would make sense to apply an effect like that only if it were _increasing_ legibility.
Take a look at this a demo pic: http://cl.ly/image/1i0x2X3W3G0x http://cl.ly/image/1i0x2X3W3G0x
Notice the rare case where the drop-shadow helps increase the contrast between foreground and background. You'll get props for doing that any time you pull it off.
- mofosyne 12y agoGood point. But I may make the case, that ascii art is more about pictures, and less about text. So the reduced readability of text might not matter as much. I tried shadowless, and its less visually appealing. /\_/\ ____/ o o \ /~____ =-= / (______)__m_m) But in the context of ascii-diagrams, then I can see you point of not including stylised drop shadows. --- Btw, no shadow example is added now.
- some1else 12y agoI suppose what you like about the effect most, is that it fills the gaps that are intrinsic to ASCII art. But our brains are already wired to do that: http://bit.ly/1xeEci5 http://bit.ly/1xeEci5. The shadow blur eats away at the details that are in fact a quality of ASCII art (like which characters were chosen to emulate a shape). The demonstrated CSS drop-shadow effect is really easily toggled by squinting your eyes instead: http://bit.ly/1DNrkXK http://bit.ly/1DNrkXK. Guess you're right in stating that it looks "cooler" though. Try making the shadows dark grey instead of black: http://cl.ly/image/073a412z0f34 http://cl.ly/image/073a412z0f34.
- mofosyne 12y agoI agree. Lighter black seems to do the trick. Page corrected. text-shadow: 0 0 5px rgba(100,100,100,0.5);