

Visual & UX Designer, also doing illustrations and GIF in my spare time. Arrogant enough to realise I’m humble
The reason the contrast ratios failed with the white text is that it has high brightness and is on a background with high brightness. Bright text on a bright background is rendered low contrast computationally. Your design is supposed to satisfy what people see, not computational algorithms. It’s why the designer’s eye should always play a part in the equation.
MUJI’s gel-ink ballpoint pens have a mechanical feature that prevents air from leaking into the pen or flowing in the wrong direction. It minimizes the likelihood of ink malfunction that’s found often in other brands. I mean, if you’ve ever had to scribble onto a scrap piece of paper to determine whether or not a pen is truly out of ink this time, raise your hand. MUJI also uses water-based pigments that achieve vibrant colours that do not bleed through or smear…
Start reading posts by John Cutler, Melissa Perri, Bob Marshall, Allen Holub, Laura Klein, Erika Hall, Neil Killick, and branch out from there. Do they all agree with each other (or with me)? No — but they’re smart and they’ll make you smarter…