Relying on systems fonts greatly improves page performance and can also help your web application/site blend in with the user’s operating system.

Readability is strongly linked to familiarity, so this helps create a more fluid reading experience, allowing your users to focus on your content. Varying the font-weight of different pieces of text can help create contrast between pieces of information.

It can help call attention to a piece of content, or help to make a smaller font-size a bit more readable. In Elements of Typographic Style, Robert Bringhurst suggests we keep two things in mind when playing with font-weight. Use bold weights sparingly. Font-weight should decrease as font-size increases.

Measure refers to the length of a line of text. It is one of the most important aspects of readability. Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page… the 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal. For multiple-column work, a better average is 40-50 characters.

Measure refers to the length of a line of text. It is one of the most important aspects of readability. Anything from 45 to 75 characters is widely regarded as a satisfactory length of line for a single-column page… the 66-character line (counting both letters and spaces) is widely regarded as ideal. For multiple-column work, a better average is 40-50 characters.

Relying on systems fonts greatly improves page performance and can also help your web application/site blend in with the user’s operating system.

Readability is strongly linked to familiarity, so this helps create a more fluid reading experience, allowing your users to focus on your content. Varying the font-weight of different pieces of text can help create contrast between pieces of information.

It can help call attention to a piece of content, or help to make a smaller font-size a bit more readable. In Elements of Typographic Style, Robert Bringhurst suggests we keep two things in mind when playing with font-weight. Use bold weights sparingly. Font-weight should decrease as font-size increases.

Take a look at how many accounts on your social media platforms. Likely, several hundreds, if not thousands. How many of those accounts truly add value to your day? I guarantee at least 50% of the accounts you follow are cluttering up your feed.

Left with no other choice but to relinquish my control, I sent it away for repair, leaving me without the device I rely on for much of my day to day life. Once my initial (admittedly pathetic) grief was over, It dawned on me that this may yet hold a valuable lesson that would benefit me down the road.

Often times, websites devote a non-trivial amount of css to setting font-size. They declare an unnecessary amount of different font-sizes that upon inspection, don’t come close to resembling a sane type scale.

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