Desgin Suggestions - From a Designer

mcpatriot

First off, big fan of the site, been reading for years now.

 

Second - spend some time on the typography. Looking at your code, seems like you're running with a font size of .68em, with default line-height.

I'd recommend a font-size of at least .8em, with a line-height of maybe 1.2em. Whatever bumps it just a bit over default.

Also, consider making the width of your article pages narrower. Optimal line-length for reading is about 50 characters. It's better to have narrow columns and lots of scrolling, than a wide column that requires no scrolling. Check the New York Times website for a good example of web type, nice big fonts, and not too wide.

Keep up the good work!

 

 

 

skywisenight

Couldn't agree with you more!  I have actually addressed both of these issues already in a new theme I'm building for the site (which I'm hoping will take the role as default), but I haven't finished it, as it's not a top priority task on my list.

The font size will be .8em and the line height will be 1.3em in when the new theme actually gets finished.

Midaveg

so true so true. Cant agree more with OP. Nice suggestion!