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A comment on Ask HN: What is the best font and styling combo for readability on the web?.

Re:Ask HN: What is the best font and styling combo for reada... by bjourne on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @01:11PM (#43695695)
In my opinion, Georgia serif, black-on-white text, large font size, and short lines. Lines should not be longer than 110 characters.
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Re:Ask HN: What is the best font and styling combo for reada... by andrei_says_ on Tuesday April 15, 2025 @02:47PM (#43696903)
Because the screen medium is different from paper (emitting light vs reflecting light) pure black on white is a bit intense to the eye.

General recommendation is to reduce contrast a bit.

A good starting point would be #444 for the text and #eee for the background. #eeeee6 would warm the background a tiny bit.

Recommended line size is 65-85 characters, line-spacing at 1.3-1.5.

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