Text and Backgrounds
 

Which is easier to read?

Dark text on light background or light text on dark background?

Both work for me :)

Depends on what mood I want for the site :)

For minor amounts of reading - either works fine.

If the site is reading intensive - my personal preference is dark text on light backgrounds. Light text on a dark background is hard on the eyes after awhile.

kristy

For larger text in doesn't really matter as long as it isn't something really awful like red text on a blue background.

For large amounts of text like this board I would say dark text on a light background.

I guess both work but for some reason I like light text on darker background better.

No one will remember this, but the original Link O'Rama had a Lime Green background with Fuchsia as the font color - it was really, really annoying :)

Results so far: we agree to disagree LOL

If you're going 9 point font or below I think dark on light works the best, in any other case both are fine. I found that text on black shouldn't be the maximum contrast colour, eg. a light grey like #DBDBDB is gentler on the eyes than crisp white #FFFFFF...

|peace|

Either one works for me, as long as there is a DISTINCT contrast between the two. Being partially colorblind there are a number of combinations that really wreak havoc on my eyes.

Lately im on the kick of White or real light Backgrounds with Darker text. As im finding out not everyone feel's the same way :)

I like the dark backgrounds and light fonts :) but both are fine to read... as long as there aren't any annoying colors involved. The Link O'Rama that Gg mentioned would have killed me! hehehe

I remember that layout GG :)

I tend to go for darker backgrounds but I like to mix it up to keep my own interest if for no other reason.

As long as the text and the background don't clash too badly I'm happy.