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Sounds cool, but why the tiny font? 13px font size doesn't feel like good design in 2014. Is it just me?

onion2k 12y ago
It's fine. Whether or not you like it is a matter of preference[1], but design-wise it works well. If you couldn't change the size in your browser then it'd be a problem, but you can, and the page still flows well even if you crank the type size up to 2 or 3 times the size. [1] Design being how it works, not what it looks like. Your comment is really about aesthetics rather than design per se.
- Theodores 12y ago
  http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Light grey text on a white background? #718793 on #FFFFFF seems to fail accessibility. A design that goes outside basic accessibility is not design. It is like a chef serving stone cold food or a builder making doors 5ft high.
  - jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
    A design that consciously chooses to go outside these guidelines can still be good design, same with your fine-dining and hobbit architecture examples. Context and the goals of the brief are key.
  - brianlovin 12y ago
    Thanks for the feedback! I've heard the contrast come up a couple times, and definitely seems like something I could improve :)
  - pxlbryn 12y ago
    You'll probably love the podcast then, where we talk through this kind of thing with some amazing designers!
- jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
  Design includes aesthetics, I think you need to recalibrate your definition.
jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
16px seems to be somewhat of an industry average [0]. Depends on the communication needs of the item. Personally I find smaller text and longer line lengths set the tone for how I should be consuming the article. Smaller and longer, more thoughtful reading. Big and short, bit sized scanning of text. [0] http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-co...
brianlovin 12y ago
Thanks for the feedback! This is something I've been constantly working on, and this comment is totally fair :) Also, the contrast mention below has come up a time or two before so it sounds like something I should fix up. Aesthetics aside, I hope that the podcast sounds interesting! We're very excited to get things started.
pxlbryn 12y ago
Sounds like the podcast is for people like you who sweat the details!

It's fine. Whether or not you like it is a matter of preference[1], but design-wise it works well. If you couldn't change the size in your browser then it'd be a problem, but you can, and the page still flows well even if you crank the type size up to 2 or 3 times the size. [1] Design being how it works, not what it looks like. Your comment is really about aesthetics rather than design per se.

Theodores 12y ago
http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/ Light grey text on a white background? #718793 on #FFFFFF seems to fail accessibility. A design that goes outside basic accessibility is not design. It is like a chef serving stone cold food or a builder making doors 5ft high.
- jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
  A design that consciously chooses to go outside these guidelines can still be good design, same with your fine-dining and hobbit architecture examples. Context and the goals of the brief are key.
- brianlovin 12y ago
  Thanks for the feedback! I've heard the contrast come up a couple times, and definitely seems like something I could improve :)
- pxlbryn 12y ago
  You'll probably love the podcast then, where we talk through this kind of thing with some amazing designers!
jamesdelaneyie 12y ago
Design includes aesthetics, I think you need to recalibrate your definition.

jamesdelaneyie 12y ago

16px seems to be somewhat of an industry average [0]. Depends on the communication needs of the item. Personally I find smaller text and longer line lengths set the tone for how I should be consuming the article. Smaller and longer, more thoughtful reading. Big and short, bit sized scanning of text. [0] http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/ http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-co...

brianlovin 12y ago

Thanks for the feedback! This is something I've been constantly working on, and this comment is totally fair :) Also, the contrast mention below has come up a time or two before so it sounds like something I should fix up. Aesthetics aside, I hope that the podcast sounds interesting! We're very excited to get things started.

pxlbryn 12y ago

Sounds like the podcast is for people like you who sweat the details!