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… the default is 12 pt, or 16px. I can somewhat comfortably read HN (though it is a touch small); it's 12px/9pt. I wouldn't recommend anything less than 10pt m

… the default is 12 pt, or 16px. I can somewhat comfortably read HN (though it is a touch small); it's 12px/9pt. I wouldn't recommend anything less than 10pt myself for normal text. I did hit a site recently whose main copy was 9px, and that was quite annoying, I agree there.

kevincox 2y ago
No, there is no global default. It can be customized by users and the defaults can vary on different devices. https://nicolas-hoizey.com/articles/2016/03/02/people-don-t-change-the-default-16px-font-size-in-their-browser/ https://nicolas-hoizey.com/articles/2016/03/02/people-don-t-...
- Kerrick 2y ago
  Once you customize something, it's no longer the default.
  - kevincox 2y ago
    > the defaults can vary on different devices. Also there are different levels of default. The user can customize the default size of the document element, but this can then be overridden by the web developer.
naitgacem 2y ago
I currently have HN set to 150% on my laptop. It is unreadable at the default zoom level.
- Freak_NL 2y ago
  160% here. One of the few websites I zoom into actually.