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Internet is Becoming Unreadable Because of a Trend Towards Lighter, Thinner Fonts (telegraph.co.uk)
An anonymous reader writes: The internet is becoming unreadable because of a trend towards lighter and thinner fonts, making it difficult for the elderly or visually-impaired to see words clearly, a web expert has found. Where text used to be bold and dark, which contrasted well with predominantly white backgrounds, now many websites are switching to light greys or blues for their type. Award winning blogger Kevin Marks, founder of Microformats and former vice president of web services at BT, decided to look into the trend after becoming concerned that his eyesight was failing because he was increasingly struggling to read on screen text. He found a 'widespread movement' to reduce the contrast between the words and the background, with tech giants Apple, Google and Twitter all altering their typography. True black on white text has a contrast ratio of 21:1 -- the maximum which can be achieved. Most technology companies agree that it is good practice for type to be a minimum of 7:1 so that the visually-impaired can still see text. But Mr Marks, found that even Apple's own typography guidelines, which recommended 7:1 are written in a contrast ratio of 5.5:1.
Apple did it so people cannot read all the complaints on their customer support pages.
My plea to designers and software engineers: Ignore the fads...
Web designers? Ignore a fad?
Hahahahahahahahahaha!
Maybe you should consider the lameness of your joke - filter working as intended.
Internet becoming unreadable because of lighter, more transparent content.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
I thought white on black was good if you are in a dark room, and black on white is good if you are in a well lit room.
So the solution is obvious, we need a browser extension that turns the room lights on or off depending on the site you are currently visiting.
I read the internet for the articles.