Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
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Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#2What’s the alternative? Hopefully not black text on white slides. That’s terrible for me and others.
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#3I'm surprised the author didn't show examples of what would be preferred for comparison.
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#4This describes my own personal experience with dark themes, difficult to read.
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#5Speaking from my own disability I'd say I'd much prefer if people used white on dark text over any use of light background. But this is because my own issue is with photosensitivity which affects a large number of low vision users.
In fact I often create white on black content because it is easy for me to author and read. I also have significant color blindness and am totally unsure which color combinations are hard for others to read, may not show up on a projector, may be a faux pas or may be gaurish.
And this is the profound difficulty of creating accessible content. What is accessible for one is often not accessible for others with a different disability. Simply saying don't do this or don't do that has long ceased to be considered a good method of creating accessible content. This has been abandoned in favor of using a broad suite of tools to validate content meets a wide array of accessibility needs.
Edit: I have never looked into whether such a tool exists for common slide presentation apps.
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#6Being unable to stand both white text on black and black text on white, I have found setting the foreground to black and the background to gray60 (in emacs and the terminal) is what allows me to look at a screen for hours without pain.
(Interestingly enough, I too have an astigmatism in one eye, but I don't know if that's the sole cause of my discomfort.)
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#7that's a bit disappointing, seeing as this format is by far my favourite because of it being very simple and aesthetically pleasing.
any suggestions? my intuitive response to this would be black on brightly hued navy blue, but i worry that is also low-contrast, which also causes issues.
can't please everyone!
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#8I didn't think this was a problem as I assumed most people with astigmatism (myself included) wear corrective lenses or glasses.
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#9Speaking from my own disability I'd say I'd much prefer if people used white on dark text over any use of light background. But this is because my own issue is with photosensitivity which affects a large number of low vision users. In fact I often create white on black content because it is easy for me to author and read. I also have significant color blindness and am totally unsure which color combinations are hard…
Maybe you find this browser extension useful: https://darkreader.org/
Re: Never Use White Text on Black: Astygmatism and Conference Slides (2017)
#10Ouch. Don’t read the NZ Herald’s front page today then!
https://www.smh.com.au/sport/rugby-union/mourning-has-broken...