FlowType: font-size and line-height based on element width

Post by ris » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 12:26 AM UTC

dmarusic16 wrote: post #33

crazygringo wrote: post #23

PLEASE do not use this. Yes, the ideal ("most legible") width for a column of text is ~60 characters, no question. But that's only once you've chosen the most legible font size . You're supposed to adjust your column width to fit an appropriate number of characters, not adjust the font size to your column width! Adjusting the font size is completely backwards, and worst of all, it's breaking my browser zoom , so it's…

As a web designer, I despair of users upping the font size and screwing up the words-per-line. Which is why I like Safari's iOS-like pinch-zoom feature. I do wish all browsers would move in that direction and in the end disallow users to arbitrarily up font sizes. That said, crazygringo's point is valid insofar as people do up their font sizes as a matter of course.

Post by diziet » Thu, Aug 22, 2013, 6:53 AM UTC

Post by akx » Tue, Aug 27, 2013, 9:27 AM UTC

ohwp wrote: post #19

akx wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

What exactly makes you say 16pt is the standard font size? For instance, the comment threads on HN are at 12px (9pt), and are entirely legible for me.

I was referring to the default font size in browsers.