Why does white font look fatter on black background?

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April 16, 2019
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Can someone please help me this is making my brain hurt.

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Philippe30475439ttqn

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It always does, it's optical illustion. Some brands actually adjust the weight of their logomark to accomodate for that.

meganchi

Legend

I believe this is an optical illusion. Take that same white font and place it over a lighter colored box. This should illustrate that the font is actually the same width.

jane-e

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Hi Kevin,

Does the white typeface have a white stroke? That would make it look “fatter” on a colored background.

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Jane

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keviny62737227Author

Participant

thank you for the reply. no the stroke is off.

c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Could you post screenshots to illustrate the issue?

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keviny62737227Author

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c.pfaffenbichler

Community Expert

Personally the fonts don’t seem differently bold to me.

Monika Gause

Community Expert

Is this a theoretical question?

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