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Why do people feel compelled to make websites with microscopic font sizes? edit: apparently it's a splog so that answers that.
by Qz 17y ago
Why do people feel compelled to make websites with microscopic font sizes?
edit: apparently it's a splog so that answers that.
- dman 17y agoCtrl + is your friend. Also you can set minimum font size on most browsers.
- klochner 17y agoI often find fonts a little too light as well (this post included). Anyone have a better/quicker method than firebug for darkening fonts?
- Qz 17y agoI know how to fix it. I'm trying to understand why it happens in the first place.
- psranga 17y agohttp://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_dark_background_vs_readability/ http://www.456bereastreet.com/archive/200608/light_text_on_d... This or another post proposed the hypothesis low-contrast, small text etc may look better during the design stage. Remember, the designer is probably working with dummy "lorem ipsum" text. Low contrast will highlight the designers contributions (color scheme, placement of info) and [save him/her the pain of reading the dummy text :)].
- what 17y agoDesigners don't have to use the site, so they probably just try and make it look pretty. But usability should trump aesthetics. If you're designing a blog, you should design it to be readable. That means a decent font size, no distracting graphics and definitely nothing that moves/blinks/flashes. (I'm biased, I've always preferred reading sites that are "plain." Just text and images only if they actually add value. Some color is ok too)
- sketerpot 17y agoI'm not sure how someone can claim to be a web site designer if they neglect the basics of usability in favor of making the font stylishly tiny. It's like claiming to be a chef but overcooking everything. I looked at the source code for that page, and it switches from "12px" font size to a smaller version of that about halfway through. Aside from the issue of specifying font sizes in pixels, why would you suddenly start adding <small> tags to already-small text?
- what 17y agoMost blogs probably aren't designed by professionals. Likely Joe Blogger's friend who thinks they have an eye for style and can whip up a wordpress theme. The small tags are part of the original article that he scraped. Either way, it's odd, the font size get progressively smaller for each paragraph.
- d0mine 17y agoReadability bookmarklet might help http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/ http://lab.arc90.com/experiments/readability/
- alain94040 17y agoAdded to http://mylanguageisbetterthanyours.com/mylanguage/why-Haskell-is-better-than-Cpp http://mylanguageisbetterthanyours.com/mylanguage/why-Haskel...
- Qz 17y agoI have it and use it, I just don't understand why people choose those tiny fonts to begin with.
- randallsquared 17y agoInterestingly, the font size isn't microscopic on Firefox 3.6.3 in Windows, on a small screen (17") at 1280x1024. I wonder what's different?
- Qz 17y agoI'm on 3.6.3, windows, 22", 1680x1050. I have to ctrl+ three times to make it readable.
- i80and 17y agoA lot of web-safe fonts get sloppy when large. Smaller fonts, at least in theory, look better at the cost of lower readability. That's what I've been told, anyhow.