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[Mirco Müller <mirco.mueller@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Am 31.08.2011 08:52, schrieb Thorsten Wilms:
> On 08/31/2011 02:25 AM, Conscious User wrote:
>
> > 1 - use an outline
> > 2 - use the opposite of the background in a chosen color space
>
> 3 - switch to black text for any background that exceeds some 
> brightness level on most of its surface.
>
> 4 - forget about the transparency. Set static back- and foreground 
> colors. Have a heart for everyone with less than perfect vision.
>
> > It should be mentioned that GNOME always had this problem with the label
> > of desktop icons...
>
> Indeed, if I squint my eyes just a bit, what I see resembles a badly 
> rendered dark gray text. That is, what I can see is the shadow 
> duplicate of the text, while the white original only serves to shoot 
> holes through it.
>
> This is why I propose to switch the main text color, if you don't 
> restrict the background more tightly.

    If we use the same approach currently implemented in notify-osd, we 
don't need to make any of the text in the dash adapt to the background, 
restrict anything or add even more logic in code. notify-osd does all 
its text-rendering with a centered and slightly blurred drop-shadow 
(white text against black drop-shadow).

    This makes sure there's always enough contrast for the text no 
matter what kind of background is used. See the attached sample for the 
technique implemented in notify-osd.

I also added this suggestion to LP: #824916

Best regards...

Mirco

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