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I hope it's okay if I go a little off-topic to talk about the design of this site...

Does anyone else have an issue with gray fonts and low font-weights? Gray text has been popular for a long time (HN has a heavy dose of it, for example), but the lightweight fonts seem to be a new trend. The contrast between text and background is just getting worse and worse, to the point that I need to have stylish installed just to make some sites readable. I feel like designers are designing for ideal setups like their own, and they're forgetting about people like me.



Hi! I picked this theme indeed because I thought it looked the best on my screen. Would using a heavier font help? Or maybe just setting the font color to true black?


For me it was mostly the contrast, but tweaking both could help.

By the way, I love love love TWIR. Thank you so much!


Both would help! It's not a bad theme.. I like the growing popularity of "clean" design, just not this aspect of it.

Thanks for responding and thanks for the update on Rust. I'm not quite ready to adopt the language, but I love hearing about it.


Yeah, I toggled back and forth between the site and mobile Safari's Reader, and the low contrast between the text and the background is bothersome. When I switch Reader on, my eyes heave a sigh of relief.




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