Still too small text to read on my screen and can't zoom
Is it not computing to 16px for your screen? I feel like you must have problems on 99% of websites if 16px font does not render large enough for you to read. Heck, HackerNews renders at 10.6/12px for me.
My variant:
https://codepen.io/dredmorbius/pen/KpMqqB