UX Best Practice: Dark text on a white background or the reverse
Reading Time – 2 min. Learn about dark text on white background UX best practices. Improve readability and accessibility with our detailed guide.
Tag: Text
Is there an optimal font size and line height ratio?
Reading Time – 2 min. The best line height for body text is about 1.5 times the font size, tighter for headings. Plus leading vs line height and the ideal line length.
Clockwise or counter-clockwise rotated text: which is easier to read?
Reading Time – 6 min. Neither direction is easier to read. Every study that has tested clockwise against counter-clockwise rotated text — going back to 1956 — has failed to find a reliable difference between them. So pick by convention, not legibility: rotate counter-clockwise (reading bottom to top) for chart axis labels and vertical UI labels, and clockwise (top to bottom) for anything modelled on a UK or US book spine.
Ideal column width for paragraphs online
Reading Time – 2 min. Columns only make sense in a web setting if you're trying to convey a very small amount of information; otherwise, they have a negative impact on…