# Both chat and forums need dark-text-on-light-background options

**URL:** <https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/both-chat-and-forums-need-dark-text-on-light-background-options/53629>\
**Category:** Feature Requests and Game feedback\
**Created:** [April 4, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/both-chat-and-forums-need-dark-text-on-light-background-options/53629 "2019-04-04T17:54:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![Kythia](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/community.gemsofwar.com/kythia/32/52591_2.png) [@Kythia](https://community.gemsofwar.com/u/Kythia)\
**Post date:** [April 4, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://community.gemsofwar.com/t/both-chat-and-forums-need-dark-text-on-light-background-options/53629/1 "2019-04-04T17:54:44Z")

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Light text on a dark background is difficult and painful to read for many people (including me). I avoid reading in-game chat or forum topics if at all possible, because there are no options to change the color scheme to something more readable. (Increased font size is somewhat helpful - moves it from “impossible” to just “eyestraining” - but it’s still awful.)

I was shocked to see that the changes to game chat _didn’t_ include a dark-on-light option, especially since the update notes claimed that readability was a priority.

Being able to switch between light-on-dark and dark-on-light is a basic accessibility option; there are people who find each unpleasant or outright impossible to read. Most applications I use have appearance customization options that include at least those two color schemes (Discord has Light and Dark themes, for example). I don’t understand why GoW doesn’t.