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  • Ironic Sans presents: Ow, My Eyes!

    That "dizzying" effect is caused by the same imperfection in our eyes that causes stars in the sky to look like they have four points instead of being dots. The only way around it is to either make the text bigger or the line spacing larger.

    Reviewed by 33Arsenic Oct 24 2008, 07:17am ( 65 reviews ) • ironicsans.com

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  • Reviewed by u1bd2005 on Jun 14, 3:10am

    The white text on black background was easier to read for me. It depends on the person who is reading it, I find light on dark a lot easier to read. Whichever way a website is designed there will always be people who would read it better the other way.

  • Rated by 6by16 on Jun 09, 3:50pm

    The problem, as others have said, is poor formatting, not white-on-black text. Both versions of this site were painful to read. Don't write body copy in bold.

  • Rated by Sirtalksalot on Apr 09 2009, 2:53pm

    Amen

  • Rated by Koncur on Mar 17 2009, 6:50pm

    Flawed. Try using proper formatting and it wouldn't be so difficult to read. Because it's a huge wall of text you have to stare and focus to keep your place, which causes the eyestraining effects.If you use paragraphs (Like I just did. Neat, eh?) the reader can relax their eyes more as they read. I find light on dark to be the less eyestraining one, since less of the screen is lit up bright.Comparisons to print are also flawed, since you don't shine a flashlight in your face as you read a novel.

  • Reviewed by Murdocc on Mar 17 2009, 6:47pm

    I'll take white on black over blinding myself with black on white.

  • Reviewed by agorist on Mar 16 2009, 3:59pm

    Highly oversimplified. The problem with white-on-black is less of a problem with proper contrast. Monitor quality and settings, and even the "tiredness" of the eyes, can come into play as well. White-on-black and black-on-white are both hard to read if true black and true white are being used. The greater problem here is the lack of paragraphs, changing font size, and justified alignment.Personally, I don't mind reading either black-on-white or white-on-black if the contrast is done right. Here in both examples the contrast is too severe so both are unreadable.

  • Rated by pika7 on Dec 14 2008, 9:16am

    i think dark on light is boring but light on dark is pretty and not a strain on the eyes

  • Rated by nipheon on Nov 28 2008, 11:25am

    The black on white-example is even worse! And thats because on a computer the white is *actively glowing*. Don't confuse the web with your newspaper, these are two completely different things. However, the part with the contrast is correct, 60-70% of contrast are usually enough.