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Why we're updating the default typography for Wikipedia

17 pointsby arvinjoarabout 11 years ago

5 comments

saurikabout 11 years ago
By using serif fonts for headings and sans-serif fonts for bodies they have broken the page alignment: the serifs push the headings over by enough pixels to be really noticeable; this kind of design requires really careful attention to optical margin layout (which is, of course, really problematic in CSS).
swallingabout 11 years ago
If this is interesting, you might also like to read the longer post by Wikimedia&#x27;s Director of UX about the change. <a href="https://medium.com/p/1724cb2b7402" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;medium.com&#x2F;p&#x2F;1724cb2b7402</a>
devindotcomabout 11 years ago
I thought I was crazy when I popped in to check something earlier. Bolds look a bit lopsided, especially at small sizes. But it&#x27;s probably a positive change overall.
rplst8about 11 years ago
The bolded fonts look nasty in Chrome on Windows.
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WWLinkabout 11 years ago
Typeface hipsters?
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