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You can't dismiss typography as irrelevant and trivial aesthetics. It's a whole field encompassing many things including legibility to humans. There's nothing m
by frou_dh 25d ago
You can't dismiss typography as irrelevant and trivial aesthetics. It's a whole field encompassing many things including legibility to humans. There's nothing more "functional" than principled crafting of legibility for each UI element. And no, a crude "Just use the same font in a single size for everything" approach is not the endgame for legibility.
Just because there have been some crappy industry trends doesn't mean the answer is to turn away and permanently regress to the confines of a terminal emulator.
- Gormo 24d ago> You can't dismiss typography as irrelevant and trivial aesthetic. Sure I can. That's not to say that it's completely useless and not worthy of any attention at all, just that it is far removed from the primary considerations of software design -- it absolutely is an aesthetic matter that is not an important consideration until functional design is settled.