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Typography Discussions

Comments focus on appreciating, critiquing, and debating typography quality in web pages, documents, and design, often noting Hacker News users' enthusiasm for the topic.

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Sample Comments

lucagez • Dec 4, 2018 • View on HN

Well, this is a style exercise to analyze what makes good typography. Not an attempt to steal their style (:

ewrong • Jan 22, 2025 • View on HN

The tyranny of terrible typography?

aetherspawn • Mar 23, 2024 • View on HN

Something really nice about the typography?

upstandingdude • Jul 5, 2025 • View on HN

hmm for being a document about typography its quite an eye sore...

redblacktree • Jun 25, 2013 • View on HN

Awesome. A comment on typography. :)

whackberry • Mar 15, 2011 • View on HN

Can someone explain this to a typography ignorant person please?

fizx • Dec 27, 2008 • View on HN

Mildly off-topic, but nice typography.

theli0nheart • Apr 20, 2010 • View on HN

Is there a "Typography for Programmers"? I could really use one of those...

Qtz • Jul 24, 2013 • View on HN

Awesome! This is valuable to me. Since I am starting to make typography.

minimilian • Dec 30, 2021 • View on HN

It's nice for once to see a web page with decent typography.