onehundredsixtynine@sh.itjust.works to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoHow the Web Became Unreadablekevinmarks.comexternal-linkmessage-square20fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down14
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minus-squaredukemirage@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up18arrow-down1·24 hours ago Ignore the fads and go back to the typographic principles of print — keep your type black, and vary weight and font instead of grayness. Also provide a dark mode or make sure automatic dark mode transforms work. Also provide a good base font size and do not use serifs for body copy like the article.
minus-squaremjr@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·22 hours agoWhy not serif body copy? (looks at most newspapers and books)
minus-squareSin 'Fox' Trenton@scribe.disroot.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·22 hours agoPrint/paper should use serif, screen usually san-serif (with few exceptions), though it is getting more contested nowadays, due to better screen resolutions in general. https://www.myfonts.com/pages/fontscom-learning-fontology-level-1-type-anatomy-serif-vs-sans-for-text-in-responsive-design
Also provide a dark mode or make sure automatic dark mode transforms work.
Also provide a good base font size and do not use serifs for body copy like the article.
Why not serif body copy? (looks at most newspapers and books)
Print/paper should use serif, screen usually san-serif (with few exceptions), though it is getting more contested nowadays, due to better screen resolutions in general.
https://www.myfonts.com/pages/fontscom-learning-fontology-level-1-type-anatomy-serif-vs-sans-for-text-in-responsive-design