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0 pointsStratoscope6y ago0 comments

I don't know if I'm seeing the old version or the new version, but this is still very hard to read.

Advice to all web designers: Please do not use "font-weight: 300" for body text, ever. Simply changing that to 400 in the developer tools made it much more readable. The font was still bugging me, so I tried killing the "font-family: futura pt" too.

Wow! What a world of difference. Now it is super easy to read, instead of looking like it's trying to show off some design style.

Know your audience: you are addressing potential database developers with this book, not graphic designers.

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ifesdjeen6y ago

Preferring one font over the other is more a question of taste, but I think you're right about font-weight: it does read better with 400. Thanks for the tip!

StratoscopeOP6y ago

And thank you for being so responsive to feedback! It's much easier to read now.

I also want to apologize for my comment being a little grouchy; I should know better than to comment on style and readability in the wee hours. :-)

ifesdjeen6y ago

Sure thing! Appreciate that you've figured out what was wrong with that font, too.

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0 pointsStratoscope6y ago0 comments

I don't know if I'm seeing the old version or the new version, but this is still very hard to read.

Wow! What a world of difference. Now it is super easy to read, instead of looking like it's trying to show off some design style.

Know your audience: you are addressing potential database developers with this book, not graphic designers.

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ifesdjeen6y ago

Preferring one font over the other is more a question of taste, but I think you're right about font-weight: it does read better with 400. Thanks for the tip!

StratoscopeOP6y ago

And thank you for being so responsive to feedback! It's much easier to read now.

I also want to apologize for my comment being a little grouchy; I should know better than to comment on style and readability in the wee hours. :-)

ifesdjeen6y ago

Sure thing! Appreciate that you've figured out what was wrong with that font, too.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse