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by bstrom 2941 days ago
i love the design of this site.
3 comments

To look at? Sure. To use?

- giving the letters low contrast colours might be all the rage, but it is a lot more straining to read than something with a decent contrast, especially with a thin font like this one

- the CSS uses pixel sizes, and the default zoom level makes it so tiny that it is practically unreadable on full HD without zooming in 200%

- The combination of a mono font and not using of different sizes, bolding, italics, etc gives each string of characters practically equal weight. The lack of visual weight means there is almost no visual help to guide the eye across the page.

- Similarly, a bit more line-height would give the individual lines a lot more room to breathe, making it much easier to read

it looks cool, is unique, is memorable, reminds me of when the internet was fun
Yeah the design is really great. It's simple but still has enough color to have somethings stand out a bit.
Thanks. Can't take credit for it as it's heavily inspired by http://musicforprogramming.net/
yeah, dope aesthetic. responsive too.
Mostly readable on iPhone, just the example code is cut off and you cannot zoom or scroll right to view it.