Something that has been on my mind for a while: I want browsers to have better typography defaults now, when run without any CSS. System fonts. More line height. Better responsive support. Maybe with a new <!doctype> or something?https://twitter.com/timlockridge/status/1040299818759933957 …
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Replying to @mwichary
Line-height looks perfect on mobile. Are you just used to the huge line-height of the splendid mobile-first-but-also-desktop-no-real-other-design-idea web?
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Replying to @kupfers
What if I am? Isn’t a big chunk of typography a slowly evolving set of conventions that cannot be defended in any other way rather than that they feel right?
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(Of course, one has to be careful if the goal of the project is some flavour of “new timeless.”)
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Replying to @mwichary
I find large line-height on small devices and viewports absolutely uncomfortable to read and suspect they frequently come about because of all kinds of reason that are not explicit design intent. But taste definitely varies. Just cautious to suggest new airy standards.
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Replying to @kupfers
I think part of me is responding to the number one type advice given to web designers having been “add some line height” for over a decade. Why can’t it just be built in?
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Replying to @mwichary
Appropriate line-height depends on several other factors (fonts-size, x-height, line length, spacing etc). I would not give that advice, certainly not in the age of mobile.
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Agree that smaller viewport widths reduce pressures on line height.
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