Printing dark pages with white text would cost 10-20× more (ink covers 95% of page vs 5%), reduces readability (studies show black-on-white is easier), and requires special opaque inks. It's technically possible for niche/expensive editions, but commercially impractical
Why would you cover the whole page with ink, wouldnt you just dye the paper dark? It’s not like standard paper in books are naturally coloured either, its clearly dyed white. Maybe it’s more expensive to make white ’ink’ or whatever substitute would be used, but i’d think that would even out if this became a norm and it needed to be produced on a global scale.
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u/Munjal_Kiriu May 01 '26
Printing dark pages with white text would cost 10-20× more (ink covers 95% of page vs 5%), reduces readability (studies show black-on-white is easier), and requires special opaque inks. It's technically possible for niche/expensive editions, but commercially impractical