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There seems to be a competition on making blogs as difficult to read as possible lately. A monospaced font with narrow line spacing. 40 years of typesetting te

There seems to be a competition on making blogs as difficult to read as possible lately. A monospaced font with narrow line spacing. 40 years of typesetting tech and 500 years of typography and insights on what makes a text readable thrown out of the window. To get what exactly? Some fake retro charme? I gave up reading after the first three paragraphs.

lukan 2y ago
Taste is different. I don't think it was the nicest font, but I have no problems reading a monospace font. I rather despise some fancy looking but actually hard to decode font some blogs use instead. "40 years of typesetting tech and 500 years of typography and insights on what makes a text readable thrown out of the window" Also not everyone did study that and not everyone wants to hire a style guide. I bet the person writing it, just choose a font he liked. And focused on the content.
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thomascountz 2y ago
OP here. Thanks for taking a look. I respect your critique; you're not alone. Check out the feedback/critiques on The Monospace Web (the design/framework I've used) from HN earlier this year[1]. I feel inspired to write when I look at my blog's design, which is why I chose it. But, I understand that not everyone who reads it feels that way. You can read or download the raw markdown format, hosted on Github[2], if you're interested in the content in a different format. The font is from iA Writer[3], called iA Writer Duo, which arguably is not meant for a wall of prose, but I chose it because I found it easier to read than its contemporaries. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41370020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41370020 [2]: https://github.com/Thomascountz/thomascountz/blob/main/_posts/2023-07-30-low-poly-image-generation.md https://github.com/Thomascountz/thomascountz/blob/main/_post... [3]: https://ia.net/topics/a-typographic-christmas https://ia.net/topics/a-typographic-christmas
dahart 2y ago
> 40 years of typesetting tech and 500 years of typography > some fake retro charme? That’s a bit hyperbolic, and borders on just being a bit mean. There is no right way to do typography… and that is what 500 years of typography has taught us. We had monospaced typewriters in global widespread use for a hundred years. We still use monospaced fonts for programming computers… and for style in many different contexts. You do you, it’s fine if you personally prefer certain fonts, but please don’t speak for the rest of us. Almost everyone can read monospaced fonts just fine.
javier_e06 2y ago
Funny the site had the opposite effect on me. When co-mingling computer code and text I want the text resemble the code in some fashion, like header comments. Less distracting.

lukan 2y ago

Taste is different. I don't think it was the nicest font, but I have no problems reading a monospace font. I rather despise some fancy looking but actually hard to decode font some blogs use instead. "40 years of typesetting tech and 500 years of typography and insights on what makes a text readable thrown out of the window" Also not everyone did study that and not everyone wants to hire a style guide. I bet the person writing it, just choose a font he liked. And focused on the content.

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thomascountz 2y ago

OP here. Thanks for taking a look. I respect your critique; you're not alone. Check out the feedback/critiques on The Monospace Web (the design/framework I've used) from HN earlier this year[1]. I feel inspired to write when I look at my blog's design, which is why I chose it. But, I understand that not everyone who reads it feels that way. You can read or download the raw markdown format, hosted on Github[2], if you're interested in the content in a different format. The font is from iA Writer[3], called iA Writer Duo, which arguably is not meant for a wall of prose, but I chose it because I found it easier to read than its contemporaries. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41370020 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41370020 [2]: https://github.com/Thomascountz/thomascountz/blob/main/_posts/2023-07-30-low-poly-image-generation.md https://github.com/Thomascountz/thomascountz/blob/main/_post... [3]: https://ia.net/topics/a-typographic-christmas https://ia.net/topics/a-typographic-christmas

dahart 2y ago

> 40 years of typesetting tech and 500 years of typography > some fake retro charme? That’s a bit hyperbolic, and borders on just being a bit mean. There is no right way to do typography… and that is what 500 years of typography has taught us. We had monospaced typewriters in global widespread use for a hundred years. We still use monospaced fonts for programming computers… and for style in many different contexts. You do you, it’s fine if you personally prefer certain fonts, but please don’t speak for the rest of us. Almost everyone can read monospaced fonts just fine.

javier_e06 2y ago

Funny the site had the opposite effect on me. When co-mingling computer code and text I want the text resemble the code in some fashion, like header comments. Less distracting.