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The font choice makes it really difficult to read on my screen. The letters are extremely thin.
by gabereiser 4y ago
The font choice makes it really difficult to read on my screen. The letters are extremely thin.
- causi 4y agoComplaining about bad formatting choices and other problems not related to the content is technically against the HN guidelines, which is why you're probably going to get downvoted a lot. I wish it weren't, though. If I ever write something good enough to hit the HN front page I'm going to change the font to alternating papyrus and comic sans and put auto-playing music in the background to see just how dedicated people are to this ideal of not mentioning when an article is a godawful reading experience.
- dsr_ 4y agoWorse: the front page/ToC is not compatible with Reader mode. Luckily, all the rest of it is.
- dym_sh 4y agothis website was made during the ipad-pro/retina gold-rush of apple fame, low'ish contrast is another symptom since when, even mac fanboys started to pay way more attention to general accessibility, now that Johnny Ive is no longer a default idol