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Oh wow I wish that font was even remotely readable

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evanjrowley 2y ago
The code font is more readable than the rest of the website: https://artanis.dev/scheme.html https://artanis.dev/scheme.html
- dismalaf 2y ago
  Barely. It's extremely annoying that a left parenthesis looks like a capital C.
- rietta 2y ago
  Scheme! Now that is some code I have not seen in a long time.
- evilduck 2y ago
  The code font is somewhat more readable but the syntax highlighting color choices then shoot that marginal improvement right in the foot.
pmontra 2y ago
I've got a dot matrix printer somewhere in a box that could reprint that site with all the dot lines, if I manage to find it and connect to a computer. I can't remember if it has a serial or parallel port.
rcleveng 2y ago
Agree, had to pop this into chrome devtools to get through the page: let newStyle = document.createElement('style'); newStyle.innerHTML = 'body { font-family: "Verdana"; background-color: #eee}'; document.head.appendChild(newStyle);
exhilaration 2y ago
Yes the crazy sci-fi font is hard to read, but I have to give them props for being unique. I even like the grammatical mistakes, it's so different than the ultra-polished stuff we usually see here. This project has personality!
- AceJohnny2 2y ago
  "You have personality. That's not necessarily a good personality, but you have some!"
sourcepluck 2y ago
Oh, I thought it was quite fun, and still found it easily readable
sigio 2y ago
Good thing there's reader mode, with a nice and large default system font
ape4 2y ago
Dot matrix printer that's low in ink
initramfs 2y ago
it would be slightly better if it were black background and green ink
graemep 2y ago
That is horrible. I did not see it at first as I had JS off. Once I allowed JS the font loaded and .. yuck.
systems 2y ago
for me zooming out to 67% worked fine
- marci 2y ago
  Strangely true.
accrual 2y ago
Looks amazing with JS turned off!
zelphirkalt 2y ago
I don't see any unreadable parts and found it very readable. I guess yet again saved by not downloading random web fonts onto my machine or not running random JS. Yay! Blocking unnecessary traffic for the win!
- vvillena 2y ago
  It's definitely a design non-conforming with the current customs, but it's also a fine choice for this type of project. It feels like bland minimalist design has become so prevalent that people are horrified by any deviation from the expected norm. Not everything has to be designed for maximum contrast and readability, sometimes projects require a bit of flair.
metadat 2y ago
If you zoom in it's pretty cool how each letter is a matrix of squares, but agreed - very challenging and distracting to try and read when the end result looks interlaced.
slater 2y ago
I know we're not supposed to go off on website stuff (per guidelines: "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage") but jfc who thought this design was even remotely a good idea?
- mindcrime 2y ago
  Somebody who doesn't want the same bland, boring, homogenized look that every other website in the world is using? Personally I like a site that shows a bit of personality. It's quirky, but for an open source web framework written in Guile, it looks about perfect to me.
  - viraptor 2y ago
    I agree and it's a fun look. If anyone actually can't read it, the reader mode button is available and works just fine.
einpoklum 2y ago
At first I thought Artanis was a new font! And even reading the text I couldn't shake the impression that they were offering me this weird font with each character cut up by horizontal lines. When I zoomed in it looks kind of cute. Maybe I should download the Artanis font after all.
realo 2y ago
It looks like the DUNE font: https://www.dafont.com/dune-rise.font https://www.dafont.com/dune-rise.font
UncleOxidant 2y ago
Oh, that's terrible. There's a reason we don't have dot matrix printers anymore.
DiggyJohnson 2y ago
This complaint killed fun web design. Just use reader mode.
lsferreira42 2y ago
Came here to say that, this is the first time that i had to put full attention so i can barely read that page

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The code font is more readable than the rest of the website: https://artanis.dev/scheme.html https://artanis.dev/scheme.html

dismalaf 2y ago
Barely. It's extremely annoying that a left parenthesis looks like a capital C.
rietta 2y ago
Scheme! Now that is some code I have not seen in a long time.
evilduck 2y ago
The code font is somewhat more readable but the syntax highlighting color choices then shoot that marginal improvement right in the foot.

pmontra 2y ago

I've got a dot matrix printer somewhere in a box that could reprint that site with all the dot lines, if I manage to find it and connect to a computer. I can't remember if it has a serial or parallel port.

rcleveng 2y ago

Agree, had to pop this into chrome devtools to get through the page: let newStyle = document.createElement('style'); newStyle.innerHTML = 'body { font-family: "Verdana"; background-color: #eee}'; document.head.appendChild(newStyle);

exhilaration 2y ago

Yes the crazy sci-fi font is hard to read, but I have to give them props for being unique. I even like the grammatical mistakes, it's so different than the ultra-polished stuff we usually see here. This project has personality!

AceJohnny2 2y ago
"You have personality. That's not necessarily a good personality, but you have some!"

sourcepluck 2y ago

Oh, I thought it was quite fun, and still found it easily readable

sigio 2y ago

Good thing there's reader mode, with a nice and large default system font

ape4 2y ago

Dot matrix printer that's low in ink

initramfs 2y ago

it would be slightly better if it were black background and green ink

graemep 2y ago

That is horrible. I did not see it at first as I had JS off. Once I allowed JS the font loaded and .. yuck.

systems 2y ago

for me zooming out to 67% worked fine

marci 2y ago
Strangely true.

accrual 2y ago

Looks amazing with JS turned off!

zelphirkalt 2y ago

I don't see any unreadable parts and found it very readable. I guess yet again saved by not downloading random web fonts onto my machine or not running random JS. Yay! Blocking unnecessary traffic for the win!

vvillena 2y ago
It's definitely a design non-conforming with the current customs, but it's also a fine choice for this type of project. It feels like bland minimalist design has become so prevalent that people are horrified by any deviation from the expected norm. Not everything has to be designed for maximum contrast and readability, sometimes projects require a bit of flair.

metadat 2y ago

If you zoom in it's pretty cool how each letter is a matrix of squares, but agreed - very challenging and distracting to try and read when the end result looks interlaced.

slater 2y ago

I know we're not supposed to go off on website stuff (per guidelines: "Please don't complain about tangential annoyances—e.g. article or website formats, name collisions, or back-button breakage") but jfc who thought this design was even remotely a good idea?

mindcrime 2y ago
Somebody who doesn't want the same bland, boring, homogenized look that every other website in the world is using? Personally I like a site that shows a bit of personality. It's quirky, but for an open source web framework written in Guile, it looks about perfect to me.
- viraptor 2y ago
  I agree and it's a fun look. If anyone actually can't read it, the reader mode button is available and works just fine.

einpoklum 2y ago

At first I thought Artanis was a new font! And even reading the text I couldn't shake the impression that they were offering me this weird font with each character cut up by horizontal lines. When I zoomed in it looks kind of cute. Maybe I should download the Artanis font after all.

realo 2y ago

It looks like the DUNE font: https://www.dafont.com/dune-rise.font https://www.dafont.com/dune-rise.font

UncleOxidant 2y ago

Oh, that's terrible. There's a reason we don't have dot matrix printers anymore.

DiggyJohnson 2y ago

This complaint killed fun web design. Just use reader mode.

lsferreira42 2y ago

Came here to say that, this is the first time that i had to put full attention so i can barely read that page