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I've noticed in both exhibits I've created and other museum exhibits that there is often a glare and when it's light on dark lettering, the glare wipes out the text making it impossible to read. I think if you're able to avoid a glare problem you should be fine to use light on dark instead of dark on light. The dark background also sets the mood of the exhibit so perhaps it's more common to have a lighter, more "upbeat" exhibit.

On Mon, Sep 4, 2017 at 5:40 PM Dan Bartlett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

Hi All:

If nearly every graphic design reference I see says to avoid using large amounts of light text on dark colored backgrounds, why am I seeing this in so many recent exhibit designs? And I mean ALL of the text is light on dark. I'm specifically referring to printed exhibit graphic panels rather than materials presented on screens.

What's up with that?

any thanks,

db
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Dan Bartlett
Curator of Exhibits and Education
Instructor of Museum Studies
Logan Museum of Anthropology
Beloit College

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