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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > why do websites use so large fonts
 
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OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

matti posted:

you open a web site on an out-of-the-box macbook (the most turnkey normal person computer there is) and the height of the bread text is the width of your thumbprint

i am sure this is some "best practice" and there is a good reason for it

what is that?

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OldAlias
Nov 2, 2013

Cybernetic Vermin posted:

i will use this opportunity to once again complain about the awful app using two different font sizes for normal text, with quoted text smaller than normal, meaning that normal text is oversized if you set sizes to make everything comfortably readable.

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The Something Awful Forums > Discussion > Serious Hardware/Software Crap > YOSPOS > why do websites use so large fonts