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From: Monique Brunel
Date: Apr 14, 2014 5:50PM

Le 14/04/2014 23:35, Iaffaldano, Michelangelo a écrit :
> WCAG are explicit about insufficient brightness and colour contrast between text and background. But is there such a thing as too much contrast? I've read a bit about scotopic sensitivity syndrome in relation to dyslexia. I have also recently heard that black text on white is not ideal for people with astigmatism (although I am one and have not noticed this effect).
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> I avoid pure black text on white in my designs but that's mostly out of personal taste, since I don't have any solid data to back the point. Do you good people have any user testing data or other direct experience in support of (or against) this idea?
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> Michelangelo Iaffaldano

Hi,

Sorry, writing in English is difficult for me, but I'll try.

I spoke several times about this problem in conferences, however I have
not found many resources...
I have shown that the strict compliance with WCAG about contrast does
not produce an accessible site for some people, such as dyslexic.

I'm dyslexic, with scotopic sensitivity syndrome.
For me white letters on black background appear twinkle, and the words
seem to move ... I am unable to read (except for some words in large
font, as a short title)

Best regards,
Monique

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