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It's ironic this article complains about lack of readability on the web. Yet, he uses a font that's hard to read on his blog. It uses the Cantarell font that's
by WheelsAtLarge 10y ago
It's ironic this article complains about lack of readability on the web. Yet, he uses a font that's hard to read on his blog.
It uses the Cantarell font that's very popular on the web and some people argue is easier to read. But my experience is the opposite. It's harder to read. To me it feels and looks like the font is not fully rendered. It's not only harder to read but it's both psychologically and visually annoying.
To me that's a big problem, the use of fonts because they look cool and stylish rather than readability. Cool does not always mean good.
- acqq 10y agoAnd I find all non-serif fonts harder to read. Serif fonts are harder to read on the low-resolution devices, but easier on paper and high-def devices, that's why I always searched for other kind of displays, and considered the Apple's introduction of "retina" screens as the biggest event in years in computing, as everybody had to start "me too."
- tomcam 10y agoI find that font particularly bad on MacOS, so agreed twofold