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Argh. You can't use Open Sans Light as a body font...

• JasonFruit 13y ago
  For those of us who don't know fonts, can you explain why? I'd like to avoid making a similar mistake, and I wasn't bothered when reading the article.
  • misframer 13y ago
    It's thin and hard to read.
  • joshuacc 13y ago
    Typically any "light" font weight is intended to be used at larger sizes, often as part of headings. Using it as the body font will make your text harder to read unless you're using a very large font size.
  • bhauer 13y ago
    Light fonts are for accents or headers, not for body text. The body text should be normal weight and, in my opinion, should not be #5F5F5F either. That is unnecessarily punitive to the reader. Here is an image comparing the original on the left and a corrected version with black text in a normal weight on the right. Note how much easier the right side is to read. http://i.imgur.com/WMJ8zcG.png http://i.imgur.com/WMJ8zcG.png