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I very much agree. Line height, line width, and font size, are the 3 elements of a body of large text that must be balanced. There is some basic arithmetic to
by Slackwise 13y ago
I very much agree.
Line height, line width, and font size, are the 3 elements of a body of large text that must be balanced. There is some basic arithmetic to this, and it appears everyone seems to ignore it. (HN's design is a perfect example of the 'meh' attitude toward readability.)
I think this article does a good job of visually explaining this balance and how to accomplish it: http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography.php http://www.pearsonified.com/2011/12/golden-ratio-typography....
- RBerenguel 13y agoHeh, read it (it's in my Instapaper for some future referenc since it appeared first heree) But when I did the redesign I just went with the flow and what I saw nice on my screen. After all, what I write in my blog works as future reference for me, too :)