One thing that's very cool there is how the larger text smoothly draws you in to reading the rest! I might not have read any of that if it were just a large title followed by small text... Very cool idea - any other examples of this trick?
One thing that's very cool there is how the larger text smoothly draws you in to reading the rest! I might not have read any of that if it were just a large title followed by small text.
I seem to remember this was somewhat common in british newspapers (or possibly just the New Musical Express) in the early 1980s.
13 Jan 2010 — 8:37am
And an interesting follow-up:
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/498698/white-light-vs-black-dark-back...
13 Jan 2010 — 9:24am
> To demonstrate the difference, click this link and come back to this page when your eyes have recovered. See what a difference it makes?
It makes no difference whatsoever. Both are unreadable.
13 Jan 2010 — 10:04am
Saturated black/white is hurtful, whatever the inversion.
13 Jan 2010 — 10:20am
One thing that's very cool there is how the larger text smoothly draws you in to reading the rest! I might not have read any of that if it were just a large title followed by small text... Very cool idea - any other examples of this trick?
hhp
13 Jan 2010 — 10:41am
Here's one!
13 Jan 2010 — 10:46am
any other examples of this trick?
http://images.google.com/images?ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8&q=snellen
;-)
13 Jan 2010 — 11:13am
Looks like you're not the fastest smartass in town, Riccardo! ;-)
13 Jan 2010 — 11:23am
One thing that's very cool there is how the larger text smoothly draws you in to reading the rest! I might not have read any of that if it were just a large title followed by small text.
I seem to remember this was somewhat common in british newspapers (or possibly just the New Musical Express) in the early 1980s.
13 Jan 2010 — 11:57am
Looks like you're not the fastest smartass in town, Riccardo!
I just like to check my sources before posting... ;-)
By the way, maybe it's my astigmatism, but I never liked light text on dark background on a screen.