Can we talk about that before and after post where someone swapped their text to a super light gray on white?

I actually think the lighter gray with more spacing is harder to read than the original dark blue on cream they had six months ago, and nobody called out that accessibility checker ignores font weight and letter spacing entirely.

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brown.susan15d ago

Three of my coworkers at the accounting firm use that super light gray on white for their email signatures. I mentioned it to one of them and she said it looks more "clean and modern." But I literally have to highlight the text with my mouse to read her name and phone number. It feels like people are prioritizing how something looks over whether it actually works, like putting form over function in every part of life not just websites.

lucas15915d ago

Tbh I think the light gray thing actually makes sense in a lot of professional settings. My friend's design firm switched all their emails to a 70% gray font two years ago and nobody complained because it forces you to slow down and really look at the contact info. If you're sending a proposal to a client who prints it out, the light gray looks way better on paper than bold black text. Plus, if someone can't read your phone number at a glance, they'll just highlight it and move on - it takes like two seconds. Ngl, the whole "form over function" argument gets thrown around too much when people just don't like a new style. Sometimes making something intentionally harder to read is actually a design choice that helps you focus on what matters in the email body.