Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Is the White on Red Really That Hard to Read?

UPDATE: Deeper red. Bigger font. Better?

This is in response to a comment from a Reddit user:

White text on a red background. Jebus, my eyes are bleeding.

My eyes bleed on the any color text on a white background, sort of like reading a book in the sunlight without shades on.

Should I change it up?

Maybe switch the red and the blue? A darker red? Realize that I'm not the one reading my posts and go with a more traditional black on white?

My only problem with the latter option is that I want to keep some of the stereotypical red in here, and I'm concerned about copping CLB's style.

Thoughts? Don't be bashful, just because I'm attached to my style doesn't mean I'm unwilling to make changes for y'all.

2 comments:

Cheri said...

The white on red is a bit eye-crossing! What about a wonderful background that is inspired by Chinese art - a tapestry, textile print or beautiful graphic calligraphy set upon your deep red background, then stick with classic black on white so your brilliant blogging takes center stage!♥♥♥

Will Lewis said...

Okay, okay, I've got some new ideas. I'm working on implementing them. Now I just have to learn some CSS. C++ took 2 weeks to learn, hopefully I can do what I want with CSS over a weekend.