The Design Details Podcast

http://blog.brianlovin.com/the-design-details-podcast/

by davidbarker • 12 years ago

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programminggeek• 12 years ago

Sounds cool, but why the tiny font? 13px font size doesn't feel like good design in 2014.

Is it just me?

onion2k• 12 years ago

It's fine. Whether or not you like it is a matter of preference[1], but design-wise it works well. If you couldn't change the size in your browser then it'd be a problem, but you can, and the page still flows well even if you crank the type size up to 2 or 3 times the size.

[1] Design being how it works, not what it looks like. Your comment is really about aesthetics rather than design per se.

Theodores• 12 years ago

http://webaim.org/resources/contrastchecker/

Light grey text on a white background? #718793 on #FFFFFF seems to fail accessibility.

A design that goes outside basic accessibility is not design. It is like a chef serving stone cold food or a builder making doors 5ft high.

jamesdelaneyie3• 12 years ago

Design includes aesthetics, I think you need to recalibrate your definition.

jamesdelaneyie3• 12 years ago

16px seems to be somewhat of an industry average [0]. Depends on the communication needs of the item. Personally I find smaller text and longer line lengths set the tone for how I should be consuming the article. Smaller and longer, more thoughtful reading. Big and short, bit sized scanning of text.

[0] http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-co...

brianlovin2• 12 years ago

Thanks for the feedback! This is something I've been constantly working on, and this comment is totally fair :) Also, the contrast mention below has come up a time or two before so it sounds like something I should fix up.

Aesthetics aside, I hope that the podcast sounds interesting! We're very excited to get things started.

pxlbryn2• 12 years ago

Sounds like the podcast is for people like you who sweat the details!

The Design Details Podcast

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