I'm also pretty sure 14 points font is a bit outdated at this point, 16 should probably be a mi...

contravariant • yesterday at 10:26 AM • 2 replies • view on HN

I'm also pretty sure 14 points font is a bit outdated at this point, 16 should probably be a minimum with current screens. It's not as if screens aren't wide enough to fit bigger text.

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ncts • yesterday at 10:52 AM

That's good guidelines and all, but meanwhile you are posting it on a site with..

  .default { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color:#828282; }
  .admin   { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:8.5pt; color:#000000; }
  .title   { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color:#828282; overflow:hidden; }
  .subtext { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:  7pt; color:#828282; }
  .yclinks { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:  8pt; color:#828282; }
  .pagetop { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; color:#222222; line-height:12px; }
  .comhead { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:  8pt; color:#828282; }
  .comment { font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:  9pt; }

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skydhash • yesterday at 12:47 PM

10 point at 96 dpi or with correctly applied scaling is very readable. But some toolkits like GTK have huge paddings for their widgets, so the text will be readable, but you’ll lose density.

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