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It might just be that you're getting older but sticking to font sizes for teenagers, so you should simply increase your font size. I'm 29 and I wear contacts,
by Whitespace 15y ago
It might just be that you're getting older but sticking to font sizes for teenagers, so you should simply increase your font size.
I'm 29 and I wear contacts, even though glasses are better for computer work. I have a slight astigmatism in my left eye; so slight that it can't be corrected by contacts. As such, it strains my eyes to read tiny text. So what did I do? I bumped up my font size.
Let's use HN as an example. I'm on a 13" MacBook Air with a screen resolution of 1440x900. In Chrome I hit Command-Shift-+ four to five times to make the text comfortably readable. In Terminal, I use Anonymous Pro at 16-22 pt. I often use OS X's Ctrl-Zoom feature to make things bigger.
I use F.lux to change the white point all the way to tungsten (2700K) at night. Since I was a kid I constantly focus through objects towards the horizon to relax my muscles.
I do all of these things to help my eyes, because I strain them all day long looking at screens. And I'm still in my twenties!
So do yourself and your eyes a favor and make your text gigantic.
- manuelflara 15y agoHehe. Seems like I just wrote that comment. I'm in my twenties, constantly CMD+'+' to increase text size, use F.lux all the way to tungsten at night, use a 13" macbook pro (although have a 24" inch monitor). The thing is, sometimes some text can't get bigger, so I tend to get closer to the screen, and my neck & back suffers.
- 13rules 15y ago+1 for using F.lux (http://stereopsis.com/flux/ http://stereopsis.com/flux/) — started using this months ago and couldn't imagine going back ... the different is startling!
- WalterSear 15y agoI just wish it went darker, or redder.
- ivank 15y agohttp://jonls.dk/redshift/ http://jonls.dk/redshift/ can go as red/dark as you want.
- smnv 15y agoJust want to add, that you shouldn't have full brightness and contrast on on your monitor in the daylight either. First thing I do with the new monitor is cut factory set brightness to half and then play with the contrast to make it comfortable. On some monitors you should want to cut brightness even more. At first it may seem not that comfortable, but after some time eye fatigue is much less. Also, if you're using glasses, you need a little more brightness on your monitor. And use correct light enviroment on your workplace! Side-facing light, the usual.