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Here are five reasons for coloring text. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something. B...
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2021-02-04T00:07:07Z (almost 4 years ago)
Add colors for font on all websites?
- Here are five reasons for coloring text.
- 1. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something.
- 2. [Bolding it doesn't even resemble the same effect. The green is clearly meant to draw the eye towards "positive" items, while the red is clearly meant for "negative" items. The eye is already drawn towards the words-as-headings by the giant whitespace around them, making the bold style largely unnecessary. Color-coding, on the other hand, can be immensely useful in reading comprehension. Hence why, for a very relevant example, code editors often have color-coding. And is the issue that bold and italic styles are already very overloaded in semantic meaning. Adding color eases this burden.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115455/having-font-color-option-in-stack-overflow-question-editor?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment1085462_152183)
- 3. [An obvious example is making error text clear from normal output; most systems will show console errors in red-on-black to distinguish them from the regular output in white-on-black.
The only argument against seems to be fear of misuse. Any feature can be abused; that's not a reason not to implement something. Just ensure that guidelines on when it's acceptable to use are made clear in the guidelines. The SO community are very good at self-policing, so users will likely quickly learn what's appropriate & fall in with the guidelines.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/292849)- 4. [For Japanese, where italics aren't often used and look strange, it would give us something other than bold to use.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257100/would-adding-one-font-colour-help#comment838883_257100)
- 5. [If I had tried to show that I need colors by using bold in my question it would only confuse matters even more. My quesion I was asking is about colors, not bold. (The report needs colors (unless there is a way to have 5 different kinds of bold). I need to differentiate 5 different "In-Text" values in my report. Bold would only indicate "is a Value" (Boolean). I need to be more specific.)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92722/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-color-of-text-in-a-question?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment232001_92722)
- Here are five reasons for coloring text.
- 1. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something.
- 2. [Bolding it doesn't even resemble the same effect. The green is clearly meant to draw the eye towards "positive" items, while the red is clearly meant for "negative" items. The eye is already drawn towards the words-as-headings by the giant whitespace around them, making the bold style largely unnecessary. Color-coding, on the other hand, can be immensely useful in reading comprehension. Hence why, for a very relevant example, code editors often have color-coding. And is the issue that bold and italic styles are already very overloaded in semantic meaning. Adding color eases this burden.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115455/having-font-color-option-in-stack-overflow-question-editor?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment1085462_152183)
- 3. [An obvious example is making error text clear from normal output; most systems will show console errors in red-on-black to distinguish them from the regular output in white-on-black.
- The only argument against seems to be fear of misuse. Any feature can be abused; that's not a reason not to implement something. Just ensure that guidelines on when it's acceptable to use are made clear in the guidelines. The SO community are very good at self-policing, so users will likely quickly learn what's appropriate & fall in with the [guidelines](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/292849).
- 4. [For Japanese, where italics aren't often used and look strange, it would give us something other than bold to use.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257100/would-adding-one-font-colour-help#comment838883_257100)
- 5. [If I had tried to show that I need colors by using bold in my question it would only confuse matters even more. My quesion I was asking is about colors, not bold. (The report needs colors (unless there is a way to have 5 different kinds of bold). I need to differentiate 5 different "In-Text" values in my report. Bold would only indicate "is a Value" (Boolean). I need to be more specific.)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92722/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-color-of-text-in-a-question?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment232001_92722)
#2: Post edited
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TextKit
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2021-02-01T00:05:53Z (almost 4 years ago)
Here are reasons for adding color for texts.- 1. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something.
- 2. [Bolding it doesn't even resemble the same effect. The green is clearly meant to draw the eye towards "positive" items, while the red is clearly meant for "negative" items. The eye is already drawn towards the words-as-headings by the giant whitespace around them, making the bold style largely unnecessary. Color-coding, on the other hand, can be immensely useful in reading comprehension. Hence why, for a very relevant example, code editors often have color-coding. And is the issue that bold and italic styles are already very overloaded in semantic meaning. Adding color eases this burden.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115455/having-font-color-option-in-stack-overflow-question-editor?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment1085462_152183)
- 3. [An obvious example is making error text clear from normal output; most systems will show console errors in red-on-black to distinguish them from the regular output in white-on-black.
- The only argument against seems to be fear of misuse. Any feature can be abused; that's not a reason not to implement something. Just ensure that guidelines on when it's acceptable to use are made clear in the guidelines. The SO community are very good at self-policing, so users will likely quickly learn what's appropriate & fall in with the guidelines.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/292849)
- 4. [For Japanese, where italics aren't often used and look strange, it would give us something other than bold to use.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257100/would-adding-one-font-colour-help#comment838883_257100)
- 5. [If I had tried to show that I need colors by using bold in my question it would only confuse matters even more. My quesion I was asking is about colors, not bold. (The report needs colors (unless there is a way to have 5 different kinds of bold). I need to differentiate 5 different "In-Text" values in my report. Bold would only indicate "is a Value" (Boolean). I need to be more specific.)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92722/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-color-of-text-in-a-question?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment232001_92722)
- Here are five reasons for coloring text.
- 1. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something.
- 2. [Bolding it doesn't even resemble the same effect. The green is clearly meant to draw the eye towards "positive" items, while the red is clearly meant for "negative" items. The eye is already drawn towards the words-as-headings by the giant whitespace around them, making the bold style largely unnecessary. Color-coding, on the other hand, can be immensely useful in reading comprehension. Hence why, for a very relevant example, code editors often have color-coding. And is the issue that bold and italic styles are already very overloaded in semantic meaning. Adding color eases this burden.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115455/having-font-color-option-in-stack-overflow-question-editor?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment1085462_152183)
- 3. [An obvious example is making error text clear from normal output; most systems will show console errors in red-on-black to distinguish them from the regular output in white-on-black.
- The only argument against seems to be fear of misuse. Any feature can be abused; that's not a reason not to implement something. Just ensure that guidelines on when it's acceptable to use are made clear in the guidelines. The SO community are very good at self-policing, so users will likely quickly learn what's appropriate & fall in with the guidelines.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/292849)
- 4. [For Japanese, where italics aren't often used and look strange, it would give us something other than bold to use.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257100/would-adding-one-font-colour-help#comment838883_257100)
- 5. [If I had tried to show that I need colors by using bold in my question it would only confuse matters even more. My quesion I was asking is about colors, not bold. (The report needs colors (unless there is a way to have 5 different kinds of bold). I need to differentiate 5 different "In-Text" values in my report. Bold would only indicate "is a Value" (Boolean). I need to be more specific.)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92722/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-color-of-text-in-a-question?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment232001_92722)
#1: Initial revision
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TextKit
·
2021-02-01T00:05:33Z (almost 4 years ago)
Add colors for font on all websites?
Here are reasons for adding color for texts. 1. If you're quoting a long text that already uses bolds and italics, then all formatting tools have been exhausted. You can't highlight something. 2. [Bolding it doesn't even resemble the same effect. The green is clearly meant to draw the eye towards "positive" items, while the red is clearly meant for "negative" items. The eye is already drawn towards the words-as-headings by the giant whitespace around them, making the bold style largely unnecessary. Color-coding, on the other hand, can be immensely useful in reading comprehension. Hence why, for a very relevant example, code editors often have color-coding. And is the issue that bold and italic styles are already very overloaded in semantic meaning. Adding color eases this burden.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/115455/having-font-color-option-in-stack-overflow-question-editor?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment1085462_152183) 3. [An obvious example is making error text clear from normal output; most systems will show console errors in red-on-black to distinguish them from the regular output in white-on-black. The only argument against seems to be fear of misuse. Any feature can be abused; that's not a reason not to implement something. Just ensure that guidelines on when it's acceptable to use are made clear in the guidelines. The SO community are very good at self-policing, so users will likely quickly learn what's appropriate & fall in with the guidelines.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/a/292849) 4. [For Japanese, where italics aren't often used and look strange, it would give us something other than bold to use.](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/257100/would-adding-one-font-colour-help#comment838883_257100) 5. [If I had tried to show that I need colors by using bold in my question it would only confuse matters even more. My quesion I was asking is about colors, not bold. (The report needs colors (unless there is a way to have 5 different kinds of bold). I need to differentiate 5 different "In-Text" values in my report. Bold would only indicate "is a Value" (Boolean). I need to be more specific.)](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/92722/is-there-a-way-to-change-the-color-of-text-in-a-question?noredirect=1&lq=1#comment232001_92722)