August 19th, 2009 by Luis Alves

Text readability vs Line height

Reading text on the web is a bit harder than doing it on some paper publication. A correct line-height set to paragraphs in CSS is a major help we can give to website readers.
So what line-height should I use?
A good line-height is a value from 150% to 160%. Serifs may require the higher value on [...]

August 18th, 2009 by Luis Alves

Colour Contrast Check – Font Vs Background

I found this great tool at Snook.ca to test if a certain font color when placed in a color background is compliant with the W3C rules.
Colour Contrast Checker