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What are the most visually appealing blogs you've seen?
Hi,
I am currently researching about blog designs, focusing specifically on the visual aspects that contribute to readability and overall aesthetic appeal. I’m talking about things like font choices, spacing, layout – all that good stuff that makes a blog not just readable but a pleasure to scroll through.
Could you share examples of blogs that you find exceptionally well-designed in these terms? I'm looking to understand what makes a blog not only readable but visually engaging. Got any blogs that you think nail the design aspect? Drop a link and maybe share what specifically catches your eye about them. Looking forward to seeing some cool examples!
Thanks.
- erkzswe 2y agohttps://danluu.com https://danluu.com
- Handprint4469 2y agohttps://andymatuschak.org/ https://andymatuschak.org/
- joe8756438 2y agoI really like low tech magazine [0]. Their design was the inspiration for my own [1]. 0. http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ http://www.lowtechmagazine.com/ 1. https://hedgerider.farm https://hedgerider.farm
- logtempo 2y agosame. it's relaxing to the eye, the font is monospace I think, the colors are "calm" and it's not a wall of text. It's also fast to load.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agohttps://gwern.net/index https://gwern.net/index
- kingkongjaffa 2y agoThe dark mode on that site is awful, I had to immediately toggle to light mode.
- gwern 2y agoI'm surprised to hear that. I think it looks like a straightforward inversion of the light-mode, which you aren't complaining about, and generally, people seem to like it & I see lots of screenshots of it on social media. Are you sure there is not a bug? Could you describe what is so bad about it or upload a screenshot somewhere? If you'd prefer to do this over email, I am <gwern@gwern.net>.
- LargoLasskhyfv 2y agoI haven't noticed, because I don't use dark mode, instead relying on dimming brightness and contrast of my displays while having soft and warm background illumination :-) In light mode I miss some color themeing, like soft/warm something yellowbrown/manilapaperstyle instead of that hard black&white, but it still 'works for me' that way. Or maybe a lighter grey like https://fabiensanglard.net/ https://fabiensanglard.net/ If that were the case, I think something like this should be the default(on dektop) for wikipedia.
- wruza 2y agoCan't share, but can describe from my experience. It doesn't distract you. No sticky-jumpy headers, floating elements or popups, animate.css scroll spies, top scroll bars. Doesn't burn your hand. Doesn't require to scroll two pages to get to the matter. The font is regular, with a normal contrast compatible with auto-darkmode extensions and daylight. Standard spacing and layout. Also, it has no issues with scrolling (especially if it's a blog about UX) -- that makes it a pleasure to scroll through. I'm absolutely serious, some blogs nail the above and win my attention.
- wonger_ 2y agoOff the top of my head: https://sonnet.io/ https://sonnet.io/ https://manuelmoreale.com/ https://manuelmoreale.com/ https://robinrendle.com/ https://robinrendle.com/ https://jero.zone/ https://jero.zone/ Try clicking around their posts and seeing other blogs that these link to. The most pleasant blogs imo are designers' blogs that nail the fundamentals and avoid flashy gimmicks. Then it's programmer blogs who are humble enough to stick with safe default themes.
- mrbirddev 2y agoI need to bookmark your reply :P
- ChrisGranger 2y agoClick the timestamp and add it to your favorites.
- kingkongjaffa 2y agohttps://www.kalzumeus.com/ https://www.kalzumeus.com/ https://notes.andymatuschak.org https://notes.andymatuschak.org https://busterbenson.com/ https://busterbenson.com/ a blog should not be over designed.
- horsellama 2y agohttps://ciechanow.ski/ https://ciechanow.ski/ https://fabiensanglard.net/ https://fabiensanglard.net/
- interbased 2y agoI really like the minimalism of the second one.
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