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Too long an article (about type!) to be in white monospace text on a black background.

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I had to use a reader view extension to stand it ;-)

Safari Reader View doesn’t support the site, so I backed out. Too monospaced; didn’t read.

Hiding the scrollbar is the real crime here.

I would agree with you if we were all reading on E-Ink displays. As it is, I'm actually reading this on an LCD screen, which even at low backlight settings is far to bright (and loses contrast). White text on a black background is far more comfortable.

It's the border that hurts my visual cortex.

at this point, the obsession with white, or grey, text on black bg is just a mental illness.

explain?

Not OP, but white text on black (especially at 100% contrast) is harder to read than black text on white. Monospace is harder to read than natural-width text. Large passages of text with both features is fatiguing to read.

> white text on black is harder to read than black text on white

not my experience (I prefer not to be flashbanged), but sure

Different stroke (color) for different folk

Black text on white background with no backlight is easier to read. Think black text on paper.

When it comes to computer screens, usually set too bright to accommodate varying ambient lightning conditions throughout the day/year, it's not as simple, and I am not sure there is a study to confirm it.

And even if so, any individual's case might be different.

While you are right about the many misconfigured monitors, the right solution is to set an appropriate brightness and contrast, not to invert the text.

Too bright ambient lighting is better handled with monitor shields, not by increasing the display brightness, especially when the screen is glossy.

Not disagreeing (my external screens have never been set higher than 30% brightness, but they've also always been matte, except a couple instances I had to use Macs for work).

But I am sure none of this has been part of an actual study with screens.

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