From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Feb 12 05:22:11 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95683F1963F for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drkokandy@gmail.com) Received: from mail-io0-x231.google.com (mail-io0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4001:c06::231]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 12CB07FC27 for ; Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:22:11 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drkokandy@gmail.com) Received: by mail-io0-x231.google.com with SMTP id m11so16017817iob.2 for ; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:22:11 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=HzGgO/wla/AWW83V7S2lnqcl0bdLkLjNVoEMp6kkrWE=; b=c5tVqLXhBVih6etL3NZQ+EN6PH9qaocpX8l2Y0VNQ0acqK8aZ70/MNNBJHTjwxN6Rx QV2j2sQkdG2KIVkWpSOzmYbZ3AUJgFxZbbWa4ntjvskZ68+e0hPTY6idDvKBF9/05vs7 BDrhUd1fLC3ta6sG9fbC6ld2VCCkeeoEcWEfTKEF2f81nMGDWYubcWCD61R9O0w88iqw P5Chn1M2YSbroEIRE8Wu+tSOvkseKN4w7wFmR/SyiCuPhv9a1nAlu0+9M5XPnxA0GQQq mAJfj5AfuliPZnydpjPO7vpcYknVkOnMJPhNdcAMzDSVi0ziKybiUUa4bVlS+kr/SJZJ WM6g== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=HzGgO/wla/AWW83V7S2lnqcl0bdLkLjNVoEMp6kkrWE=; b=ErSce4zdE4BMM93npQkTzCBFnGt4uL1bYhKEkFv8wLJCMz6m4Cs1MI+n5fQUkuuqnJ oHuLvpR1XYp99JTSOXmAaz/sPBjUg39VRgxkP7MresXrQBaJaVnqzgtf+f/uj9GQQQO7 VYZZtO2P0E+G0e8h8DkYjgFvas+42ERlq7lQGM2/faupVFLJAH2FkjbJo/oFdeu5jLda Do+fmSQt67/NG1TQqMJfgvTCb1PqdHxAVyPDi/yORVQNOv2XTzwUogHrgutlTiZkGDvm 2CChYpwbWAZYWLEuCNgHQauIaBRJ+d1ukByqSNF8nnWJsc4wsiDWjhE5lS3yDulKOYO+ Pa8Q== X-Gm-Message-State: APf1xPDrhqtQGAVzHfjYZXe2SF/ADHTgyEd0QxgSAQe5FPDwwRu3mBSz rYtQcmsXSZ7SD83IZfoU2+H1ttJYkJs8Ya8V7kNsBg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: AH8x225/DiRIXgj9oer5WUZjuSxlQhP2xMEUWZ5V2jlwoi5sx4ca6tQlf7541Sfq+Cqru6yaNY+uSZashmoVRCTkME0= X-Received: by 10.107.180.16 with SMTP id d16mr12063926iof.244.1518412930003; Sun, 11 Feb 2018 21:22:10 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: In-Reply-To: From: Dave Kokandy Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:21:58 +0000 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Font color To: Ed D Cc: "freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org" Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.25 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2018 05:22:12 -0000 If you Google something like "design why not to use black" you'll see a few results about this, for instance: https://www.wired.com/2016/10/how-the-web-became-unreadable/ tl;dr it's not actually a technical reason at all, but rather based on design principles. Since it's very hard to find objects in the world that are actually black and not just a dark gray, the majority of design trendsetters and art professors advise using against pure black in art and design. On Sun, Feb 11, 2018 at 5:07 PM Ed D wrote: > I'm very curious why all web site creators, young men I'm sure, use gray > font. Sometimes even medium gray on light grays background. Occasionally > lite gray font on white background. What's wrong with clean black? I'm sure > there some technical reason other than to just peeve older folks who have > hard time to read it. > > > Regards, Ed > > > > > ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ > > " We cannot direct the wind, but we can adjust the sails." > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >