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Re: White Text on dark background within the content area?

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From: Jonathan C. Cohn
Date: Nov 8, 2014 9:29AM

Nancy,

Different eye conditions need different foreground / background settings and most commercial screen magnification packages can convert any area with high enough contrast into the foreground / background that will suit the user of that package. The problem occurs when the foreground and background are so close that the filters that the screen magnifier apply cause everything to go to a single color.

Above of course is just my opinion since I was not involved nor have I reviewed the proceedings that produced the high contrast standards.
Thanks,