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Font size on incubator site too small?
Hi,
Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a user to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of course depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body text seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or ems not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
Thanks,
Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by "Kevin A. McGrail" <km...@apache.org>.
Won't find me arguing against larger fonts ...
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019, 18:45 Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The move in general is to larger fonts:
> https://blog.marvelapp.com/body-text-small/
>
> https://learnui.design/blog/mobile-desktop-website-font-size-guidelines.html
>
> https://designshack.net/articles/typography/is-your-website-font-size-too-small/
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>.
Hi,
The move in general is to larger fonts:
https://blog.marvelapp.com/body-text-small/
https://learnui.design/blog/mobile-desktop-website-font-size-guidelines.html
https://designshack.net/articles/typography/is-your-website-font-size-too-small/
Thanks,
Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Josh Fischer <jo...@joshfischer.io>.
I think the font size is a bit small. But... I never thought about until
you said something.
- Josh
On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 5:15 PM Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too
> small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a user
> to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of course
> depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive
> checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body text
> seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or ems
> not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Justin Mclean <ju...@me.com.INVALID>.
Done
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by aj...@apache.org.
+1
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019, 5:25 AM Andy Seaborne <an...@apache.org> wrote:
> Or default to the user's choice of font family in the browser.
>
> On 28/11/2019 06:01, Dave Fisher wrote:
> > Reading glasses will enlarge things for many of us.
> >
> > I’m certainly in favor a larger font, but please keep it serifed.
> >
> > Sent from my iPhone
> >
> >> On Nov 27, 2019, at 11:48 PM, Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
> >>
> >> The problem might just be that pixels are getting smaller.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:15 AM Justin Mclean <
> justin@classsoftware.com>
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Hi,
> >>>
> >>> Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too
> >>> small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a
> user
> >>> to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of
> course
> >>> depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive
> >>> checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body
> text
> >>> seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or
> ems
> >>> not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks,
> >>> Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Andy Seaborne <an...@apache.org>.
Or default to the user's choice of font family in the browser.
On 28/11/2019 06:01, Dave Fisher wrote:
> Reading glasses will enlarge things for many of us.
>
> I’m certainly in favor a larger font, but please keep it serifed.
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On Nov 27, 2019, at 11:48 PM, Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> The problem might just be that pixels are getting smaller.
>>
>>
>>
>>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:15 AM Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too
>>> small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a user
>>> to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of course
>>> depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive
>>> checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body text
>>> seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or ems
>>> not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Dave Fisher <wa...@comcast.net>.
Reading glasses will enlarge things for many of us.
I’m certainly in favor a larger font, but please keep it serifed.
Sent from my iPhone
> On Nov 27, 2019, at 11:48 PM, Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> The problem might just be that pixels are getting smaller.
>
>
>
>> On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:15 AM Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too
>> small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a user
>> to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of course
>> depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive
>> checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body text
>> seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or ems
>> not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Justin
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Re: Font size on incubator site too small?
Posted by Ted Dunning <te...@gmail.com>.
The problem might just be that pixels are getting smaller.
On Thu, Nov 28, 2019 at 12:15 AM Justin Mclean <ju...@classsoftware.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Is it just my old eyes or do other people also find the font size too
> small on the incubator site? While it does scale well and easy for a user
> to increase the size, have we set the default too small? This may of course
> depend on platform and browser use and I’ve not done any exhaustive
> checking, as the measurement is in px that may be the issue. The body text
> seem to be set to 14px, (which is 10.5pt and that should be in pt or ems
> not px) and 12pt (16px) is generally recommended as a minimum size.
>
> Thanks,
> Justin
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