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I heard many folks at PyCon — including a few very prominent ones who shall remain nameless to protect the guilty! — claiming that “black text on a white background” is uniformly and obviously the superior accessibility choice for conference presentations, for various reasons. This is, at the very least, debatable, and I think it would not be too spicy of a take to say it is straightforwardly incorrect. Some evidence follows: 🧵

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@glyph > the ADA standards specifically say (in section A4.30.45) that “The greatest readability is usually achieved through the use of light-colored characters or symbols on a dark background.” for signage.

That's for printed signs, right? I wonder if that is accurate for projection screens?

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