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I've been making a lot of graphics lately, like this I made recently, so decided to pretty up my profile.

I was wondering, should I give it a try with my character profiles?
o3o. Hm. I still have to finish a lot of their profiles in general but yeah.
Kim Site Admin

It's very pretty! I love character profiles that have had this kind of love put into them.

Before you embark on larger projects, though, I think it'd be worth spending some time focusing on making the text just as easy to read as it is beautiful -- right now the contrast of pink against parchment is super low, such that I can't read a word of it without highlighting all the text.

One great way to test to see if text is likely to be possible to read for as many people as possible is to try out this test: http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

You're aiming for a contrast ratio of 7:1. The current design is at 1.72:1

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I like to use tools like this because when you've been working on a project long enough, you've pretty much memorized what it says, so it's hard to actually tell if other people will know what it says or not.
Amirrora Topic Starter

Kim wrote:
It's very pretty! I love character profiles that have had this kind of love put into them.

Before you embark on larger projects, though, I think it'd be worth spending some time focusing on making the text just as easy to read as it is beautiful -- right now the contrast of pink against parchment is super low, such that I can't read a word of it without highlighting all the text.

One great way to test to see if text is likely to be possible to read for as many people as possible is to try out this test: http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

You're aiming for a contrast ratio of 7:1. The current design is at 1.72:1

fxa3nTa.png

I like to use tools like this because when you've been working on a project long enough, you've pretty much memorized what it says, so it's hard to actually tell if other people will know what it says or not.

Ohh yes, you're likely right. I hope the images at least stand out enough as they might be hard to edit.
Thank you very much though! I can at least change the normal texts color.
Amirrora Topic Starter

Updated the main text. Does it look better now?
Also was able to edit the main images text a bit

Also thank you very much for that website! It's super helpful!

I think this will help for sure when I attempt to pretty up my characters profiles. Least I hope so.
Amirrora Topic Starter

Updated it again with some more white in the images text to help it pop better. Hmm
Kim Site Admin

Definitely an improvement, especially for the larger text! For the tiny text on the page, maybe try a raspberry so it pops better and we don't have to strain for the small stuff? Maybe something like #7D072A
Amirrora Topic Starter

Kim wrote:
Definitely an improvement, especially for the larger text! For the tiny text on the page, maybe try a raspberry so it pops better and we don't have to strain for the small stuff? Maybe something like #7D072A

For the 'extra' text at the bottom that's shrunk?
Thank you for all the help by the way!!

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