50 Tips for Writing.
12. Font colours
People seem to like them so remember this: light text on dark background or vice versa. Fancy uber complicated bright backgrounds will chase your readers away like no tomorrow and bright colour fonts will gain you nothing but people yelling about your inconsiderate choice of text colour. People want to read your damn story; they couldn't care less about your HTML show off-ing skills. Remember, simple, clean looks are always in fashion. If this guide had a neon green flashing background and orange sparkly text, do you think you could've gotten past the first line without highlighting and opening Notepad?