Thanks - I'm really grateful for the feedback - and would like it if you have any more.
I'll be changing the base font to 14px and darkening the grey to #222 quite soon.
I'll also look at 16px but this needs some additional design work.
I'll be changing the base font to 14px and darkening the grey to #222 quite soon.
I'll also look at 16px but this needs some additional design work.
Not just the weight, the size combined with the weight: 12px in a thin font is too light for a screen, especially done in grey. Going to 16px could really make a difference.
Going with a bigger size gives the scope to use a different, contrasting (perhaps thicker, perhaps thicker and smaller for double-contrast?) font for the headings currently in green.
* Getting older happens to different people at different ages, one of the effects of this means eyes get more temperamental, and this doesn't happen 50+, it happens a lot earlier for a lot of people.