Re:Building a personal website in 2021
by hyko on Sunday May 16, 2021 @12:58PM
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+1 for skipping justification, which universally looks like ass on screens.
“What about books and newspapers?” I hear you ask, to which I reply: print had expert typesetters eyeballing the whole thing…and even then, some books and newspapers look like ass unless you’re squinting from 10ft away.
Trying to make text fit in a box is an aesthetic choice, but it is technically inferior from a readability standpoint. It was usually paired with columns, which improve readability and would do so without justification.
“What about books and newspapers?” I hear you ask, to which I reply: print had expert typesetters eyeballing the whole thing…and even then, some books and newspapers look like ass unless you’re squinting from 10ft away.
Trying to make text fit in a box is an aesthetic choice, but it is technically inferior from a readability standpoint. It was usually paired with columns, which improve readability and would do so without justification.