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I don't think I've seen a less accessible font in my life, including all the dark grey on black and yellow on white ones. Those are hard to read, but this one

by Tenemo 12d ago

I don't think I've seen a less accessible *font* in my life, including all the dark grey on black and yellow on white ones. Those are hard to read, but this one makes my eyes hurt, they actually started to hurt after I tried reading it despite discomfort. How come? Reading random text for 10 seconds can cause people physical pain? I wear glasses for near-sightedness and slight astigmatism, I wonder if it's related, and if people with 20/20 vision experience it differently.

arionhardison 12d ago
I thought it was me, I literally think there are things that should no longer be acceptable and this font is one of them. It serves no purpose and I would like to ask medical professionals if it is potentially harmful. Edit: While fuzzy or blurry text itself is highly unlikely to trigger an epileptic seizure it is a major cause of optical strain, headaches, and reading barriers across various accessibility needs. Given the amount of screen time we all incur in our daily lives, I do not see why this should be a "thing".
- panny 12d ago
  You guys are saying this on a website which puts light grey text on light grey background.
  - tomrod 12d ago
    My site shows black with yellow background and white text boxes. Highly visible. Maybe you're referring to dead comments? There are options to hide those.
    - panny 12d ago
      I'm sorry, what is your username again? I can't read it, because it's tiny light grey text on a light grey background. Controversy shouldn't give me cataracts either.
  - conorcleary 12d ago
    and tiny buttons
- Conan_Kudo 12d ago
  It hurt for me too. I stopped reading it because it gave me a serious headache.
- karim79 11d ago
  And I got reprimanded by some rando pretending to be a mod for my previous comment. What is actually going on here?
imwally 12d ago
I had to stop reading the first paragraph because of how bad it is.
nchmy 12d ago
this font is the stupidest thing ive seen in ages
cjkaminski 12d ago
I have 20/20 vision and this presentation hurt my eyes. I'm glad my browser has "reader mode" to normalize things like this. I'm not trying to yuck someone else's yum. I simply appreciate the technical ability to read someone else's post in a way that doesn't cause discomfort.
olooney 12d ago
Not a font. The VHS line striping is just a repeating gradient applied over the whole page: main::before { background: linear-gradient(rgba(18, 16, 16, 0) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 50%), linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.06), rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.02), rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.06) ); } The red glow is a red text shadow applied to every element on the page: :root { --text-shadow: 2px 0px red, -2px 0px var(--glitch-color-2); } Surprisingly, the glitchy logo is also done with CSS, with animations over two different versions of the text overlain atop one another: explorator.dev єӿƿłøгⱥʈøг.ᑻ I know this because the first thing I did when I got to the page was hit F12 to bring up the debugging tools and turn these styles off so I could read it. :)

I don't think I've seen a less accessible *font* in my life, including all the dark grey on black and yellow on white ones. Those are hard to read, but this one

by Tenemo 12d ago

arionhardison 12d ago

I thought it was me, I literally think there are things that should no longer be acceptable and this font is one of them. It serves no purpose and I would like to ask medical professionals if it is potentially harmful. Edit: While fuzzy or blurry text itself is highly unlikely to trigger an epileptic seizure it is a major cause of optical strain, headaches, and reading barriers across various accessibility needs. Given the amount of screen time we all incur in our daily lives, I do not see why this should be a "thing".

panny 12d ago
You guys are saying this on a website which puts light grey text on light grey background.
- tomrod 12d ago
  My site shows black with yellow background and white text boxes. Highly visible. Maybe you're referring to dead comments? There are options to hide those.
  - panny 12d ago
    I'm sorry, what is your username again? I can't read it, because it's tiny light grey text on a light grey background. Controversy shouldn't give me cataracts either.
- conorcleary 12d ago
  and tiny buttons
Conan_Kudo 12d ago
It hurt for me too. I stopped reading it because it gave me a serious headache.
karim79 11d ago
And I got reprimanded by some rando pretending to be a mod for my previous comment. What is actually going on here?

imwally 12d ago

I had to stop reading the first paragraph because of how bad it is.

nchmy 12d ago

this font is the stupidest thing ive seen in ages

cjkaminski 12d ago

I have 20/20 vision and this presentation hurt my eyes. I'm glad my browser has "reader mode" to normalize things like this. I'm not trying to yuck someone else's yum. I simply appreciate the technical ability to read someone else's post in a way that doesn't cause discomfort.

olooney 12d ago

Not a font. The VHS line striping is just a repeating gradient applied over the whole page: main::before { background: linear-gradient(rgba(18, 16, 16, 0) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 50%), linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.06), rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.02), rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.06) ); } The red glow is a red text shadow applied to every element on the page: :root { --text-shadow: 2px 0px red, -2px 0px var(--glitch-color-2); } Surprisingly, the glitchy logo is also done with CSS, with animations over two different versions of the text overlain atop one another: explorator.dev єӿƿłøгⱥʈøг.ᑻ I know this because the first thing I did when I got to the page was hit F12 to bring up the debugging tools and turn these styles off so I could read it. :)