I need to settle an argument

[AbyssUnderground]

I need to settle an argument between me and my Dad. He says he cannot read any of the text on AbyssUnderground because it is too small and blends in too much with the black background. At present only him and the people he works with have said this.

Can you please look at the site and take the poll so I can try and discover once and for all if people can actually read the site.

Thanks.
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Andy (AbyssUnderground) (previously The Inquisitor)
www.abyssunderground.co.uk

[richardyork]

I personally think AbyssUnderground is fine! I can read the text and the size is OK, the colour scheme also works fine for me :-)
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[Anonymoose]

Surely text size depends on what sizes you have set in your browser? It's bordering on too small for me, but I have my text size set lower for normal viewing of other sites... 1280x1024 res on a 19" TFT. Nothing that a quick whack of the text size adjust shortcut can't fix.

I'm undecided on the colours - I've seen easier to read sites, but I've seen a lot worse. I can't put my finger on what makes it slightly difficult to read, but it's definitely not as clear as say the forum theme here.
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[roganty]

I would have to agree with your dad

For me the text is a little on the small size, but i can still read it without upping the font-size.
It would probably be better if the font-colour was white, rather than light grey.

For me, the writing seems a little blurry, but thats probably down to the fact that my monitor is running below its native resolution (its a tft monitor with a native resolution of 1280X1024)

screen shot of homepage

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[AbyssUnderground]

It also doesnt help that your browser isnt displaying the correct font. This could add to you not being able to read it very well.
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Andy (AbyssUnderground) (previously The Inquisitor)
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[roganty]

[olly86]

I can read it fine, and the colours are fine, but bear in mind that older people with sight problems (yes as you get older your site fails, but might not normal be a problem) may not be able to read your site properly.

To solve this you may want to increases the font size.
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Olly

[AbyssUnderground]

It uses Tahoma throughout the whole site. The thing is they are the only ones who have complained. No-one else has up to now. Even my Grandad can read it!
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Andy (AbyssUnderground) (previously The Inquisitor)
www.abyssunderground.co.uk

[dellmann]

Tahoma is a windows specific font isn't it? I am not sure whether it comes with other Operating Systems, so it would be a good idea to add a fall back font for the web page to make sure that some browsers do not fall back to the default system font.
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