[WEB4LIB] Re: Web page color & accessibility

[Rob Weidman]

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>One other interesting note on this--I heard from a visually impaired
>librarian yesterday that s/he actually can more easily read light text on
>dark background...which confounds much of what has been written
>on this topic, yet is a legitimate empirical observation.
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Yes, this discussion reminded me of a briefing I had on how to use the 
CCTVs at a former library (my brief stint as a public reference 
librarian).  Along with allowing the user to enlarge text, they also 
allowed one to reverse the contrast to "white on black"

I was told by the expert that it might help relieve fatigue for a user 
to switch contrasts like this.

I was just looking for some info on CCTVs to confirm this and came 
across this site http://www.lowvisioninfo.org/index.htm - which 
interestingly gives the user a reverse contrast option for viewing the 
site itself...

That said, I generally agree with what most have said already and 
personally prefer to avoid light on dark in web pages when possible.

-rob-

Rob Weidman <row3 at lehigh.edu>
Cataloging Librarian
Lehigh University
Library & Technology Services
402 Linderman Library
610-758-3043