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So basically just use monospace, serif, or sans-serif because you can't 100% be sure it'll render correctly?
by sometimez 3mo ago
So basically just use monospace, serif, or sans-serif because you can't 100% be sure it'll render correctly?
- xigoi 3mo agoFuck that. I don’t want my website to look ugly because 99.9% of users don’t bother to change the defaults.
- kibwen 3mo agoThis is not at all what the article recommends. I recommend actually reading it.
- xigoi 3mo ago> 3. Strongly consider using only a generic family Seems clear enough.
- holsta 3mo agoIf browsers were slightly better at asking users, maybe we'd all have our three favourite fonts and background-, text- and link-colours instead of what someone else prefers we stare at all day.
- ctippett 3mo agoSome of my favourite fonts I only discovered because I first visited a site that included it in their design.
- xigoi 3mo agoWhat if I want websites to have different fonts because it gives them unique voices? Also, what about websites that use OpenType features only supported by some fonts (small caps, math, variable axes, etc.)?