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I get that it can be a bit easier in the eye, but for me this style doesn't work on many levels. 1) You have to scroll a lot, and scrolling means a tiny pause,
by Shamanmuni 13y ago
I get that it can be a bit easier in the eye, but for me this style doesn't work on many levels.
1) You have to scroll a lot, and scrolling means a tiny pause, move to the next point and resume reading; which done regularly becomes distracting.
2) You see the text in pretty tiny amounts. Maybe it's fine for a short and simple blog post like this one, but if it was displaying a complex text in longform this style would make it harder for you to understand it.
3) Finally, from a purely aesthetic and subjective point of view, a text with a very big font, lineheight and short lines looks like a book for children.
I think the optimal the solution is easy, let the user at least choose the font size he prefers. Line-height and width would be great, but just the font size should be enough. Of course, having a good default is very nice, but an opinionated design which gives you no way to tweak it is a nightmare when you feel uncomfortable with it.