RE: Colours to aid people with dyslexia (was: Using CSS to create zoom layouts for low-vision people)

> From: Lauke Patrick 

> As a general principle, as far as I'm aware, the advice is to 
> avoid pure
> black on white, as the high contrast may result in 
> overpowering "rivers of
> whitespace"

In my rush to reply, I forgot to add that the "rivers" issue happens
most frequently when text is justified. It's not purely a colour
issue, although stark contrast can exacerbate the problem of justified
text, of course.

Patrick
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Received on Wednesday, 12 January 2005 10:44:44 UTC