Great tips and something I should really pay more attention to. I've been out of the blogging game for a few years now and lost all the templates, markdown and pretty little images I used as dividers etc - now I can't even remember how to center text in a post!
Since coming back my posts haven't attracted much attention but it's early days still and it seems like you have to work harder than ever for readers, but then 3 years ago I was "in" the crowd, now stood by the wall watching the young kids have fun dancing and trying to not look too weird! lol
RE: Text, Styling, Colour, Patterns, Backgrounds -- Mix With Care