The g18 standard is at least a 4.5:1 ratio for accessibility. I’m pretty poor of sight so i use 19pt, but softer is better to avoid eye burn :)
It’s funny, in netbeans I’ve been using the standard theme only because java looks great in drakula but some other langs need work. In intellij i’ve been using the dark theme. > On 20 Jan 2018, at 02:44, Thomas Wolf <tjw...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Fri, Jan 19, 2018 at 9:06 AM, David Cogen <co...@ll.mit.edu> wrote: >> >> "Lack of contrast"? Let's start with the editor window: light gray text on >> dark gray background? That's low contrast, and very hard to read. My feeling >> is, at least one of foreground color or background color should almost >> always be full white or full black. > > Highest contrast does not always translate to highest legibility. When > lettering is small (as it tends to be in many developers' editor), a white > font on a black background leads to lesser legibility due to overpowering > background color. Out of curiosity, what point size do you use? I use > Monaco, 12pt. Yellow/amber works better with smaller fonts, imho, and white > works better with larger fonts. In the old days, my eyes were very happy > when I got to move from a green-on-black CRT to an amber-on-black one. > >> >> Regarding your purposefully making comments less contrasty because you find >> them "distracting", Shame on you! > > I didn't say I made them illegible - just less contrasty :-) > With 35+ years in front of monitors 8hrs/day, I'm not blind yet, so I feel I > must be doing something right :-) > > Cheers, > Tom > > -- > tjw...@gmail.com > http://landofwolf.blogspot.com/
