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0 pointsaccount422y ago0 comments

Then change your DPI scaling factor to match your display size and viewing conditions. HN has a perfectly reasonable font size.

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dns_snek2y ago

There are exactly 2 websites where I feel like I need to increase my front size, HN (140%, no less) and old.reddit.com. Every other website I use looks fine.

And I'm not changing the font size on every website I visit for the rest of my life just so that HN can display properly at 100% zoom.

Solvency2y ago

Exact same boat. HN font size is outrageously small.

aquariusDue2y ago

Same here, and for this reason I prefer Firefox because it remembers the zoom size on a per domain basis instead of a tab basis.

CharlesW2y ago

Chrome and Safari do this too.

sensanaty2y ago

Lol yep, I have HN on 180% on my 4K screen and even then the text is fairly small

account42OP2y ago

Then something in your setup is wrong. How many pixels your screen has is irrelevant, as long as your setup isn't broken CSS pixels should be (roughly) the same physical size.

Macha2y ago

It's 9pt, most recommendations I see are between 14-16 for body text. I usually have HN on 130% in my browser.

tiagod2y ago

Browsers have 16px font as the default. HN is set to half.

elevatedastalt2y ago

"just change your settings for your whole monitor for every site you visit because HN has the _perfectly reasonable_ font-size of 9pt."

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