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Website Font Size Complaints

Users complain about small font sizes on websites like HN, especially on high-resolution displays, and debate solutions like browser zoom, default font adjustments, or site changes for improved readability and accessibility.

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Sample Comments

jmulho • Aug 15, 2018 • View on HN

How about you set maximum font size in your browser? That would be a much better plan. See what I mean?

chris_st • Sep 2, 2020 • View on HN

Wow, that is a small font. Consider resizing for larger screens?

zecho • Sep 22, 2015 • View on HN

Seems a bit overwrought over a font size.

tiagod • Mar 14, 2024 • View on HN

The vast majority of users don't know how to adjust the font-size.

db48x • Mar 19, 2024 • View on HN

Why don’t you just change your browser’s default font size?

mitchdoogle • Apr 22, 2021 • View on HN

Why not just use browser zoom and font size to your liking?

pjf • May 2, 2017 • View on HN

I find HN news font size way too small for modern high-resolution displays.

jvz • Sep 26, 2018 • View on HN

Why not increase the minimum font size instead?

grodes • May 6, 2021 • View on HN

can the font size be smaller? please

simlevesque • Dec 14, 2016 • View on HN

Yeah but on any other website, you can make fonts bigger or smaller to accomodate anyone. This one won't.