Thread: Background colour in place of text boxes
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Old 10-14-2016, 11:16 PM   #12
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Originally Posted by JSWolf View Post
The problem with a background color is that on eInk it might be hard to read the text.
Definitely something to always keep in mind.

Back in 2013 I posted the code that I used for a textbox with a gray background:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...25&postcount=9

Looks great on color devices + it seemed to work really well on e-ink (Nook) as well.

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Originally Posted by MacEachaidh View Post
Yes, I've noticed that, but bolding the text and keeping the background very pale to increase the contrast seems to achieve the desired effect, if I choose a fairly open typeface.
You may also want to look at this other example CSS for a "blog post" I pulled out of a Tor book:

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...63#post2571663

This type of stuff can easily be tweaked and learned from...
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