[tvmalsv]

>> (but why would you have off-black text anyway?)

I had read a long time ago that when doing web design you should avoid pure white and pure black, especially when one is on top of the other. I presume it’s to avoid harshness or to keep the “white” from halo’ing into the black (made even worse on a CRT display).

That is probably the worst advice when doing a printed medium, though. Different medium targets sometimes have conflicting “best practices.”