On Jul 11, 2014, at 8:19 AM, Jennifer Carter <jwc137@case.edu> wrote:

2nd) The screens for artemis and atoms have black backgrounds so that the text is hidden. 
As a new user I am having a hard time using the software in a semi-blind mode.

This issue has come up in the mailing list recently. Use demeter-devel instead. 

See my post and solution there:
<http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.science.physics.ifeffit/2529>


Cheers!
-Frank