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Ask HN: Do you think font-size is a tad too small on HNs desktop version?

• detaro 5y ago
  Not really, but given how text-based HN is also scales nicely with browser zoom if you need it.
  • PaulHoule 5y ago
    I find many people ask "Can you make the text bigger?" and react violently if you suggest that they can take control of the font size. It's like telling some people that they can use cut-and-paste. Conversely, the fact that people can scale text make me loathe to choose a particular font size because no matter what size I set it, somebody might perceive it as "too large" or "too small" if they've set the zoom, either deliberately or accidentally.
• johnthuss 5y ago
  Yes, I have it zoomed in 3x to make it much easier to read. But it does handle zooming well and the browser remembers the setting, so it doesn't cause any problems for me.
• cbhl 5y ago
  I fondly remember the 90s, when 8pt was a normal font size, and 12pt was considered "big". Folks have their system / browser font settings default to way too small now, but that's partially hardware folks' fault (people don't know their display is hdpi unless it renders super tiny text). Maybe a font size knob could go into /profile alongside topcolor, but browser zoom works Really Well with HN on Desktop (150% - 300% works well for me).