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by sergiotapia 4467 days ago
The font is so light against the background and incredibly thin. What is this fixation with having light, thin fonts? They looks horrible! I always have to battle my designer brother about this. :P

http://i.imgur.com/8hCh31J.png

1 comments

I think it's just a matter of taste. To say they look "horrible" is a stretch isn't it? I mean, you are the only person who brought up and I showed it to somewhere around 50 people - most of whom are strangers with no concern for my feelings.
I'm going to agree with him and say ultra thin font weights are ugly (subjective) and hard to read (objective).

They're good for a heading, but as the body font? Crazy talk.

ok, I guess that makes two people now. So what's a better color in the context of fullstack360.com? Maroon? Navy Blue?

  body { font-weight: 500; }