Post #1374721

2026-03-29 14:04 UTC

i've said it before and i'll say it again, choosing readable fonts and ensuring proper contrast is accessibility 101. i find it really annoying when i, an able-sighted person, find hard to read text on a poster or a piece of text because the designer thought it'd be a good idea to put text-colored spots on the background or use an atrocious font. i cant expect someone with dyslexia or with impaired sight to be able to decipher stuff i cant even make sense of. especially if this is about a queer friendly or punk context. we still fail to think about the disabled.

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@felix@wandering.shop 2026-04-19 05:33

@hazel My pet peeve is tiny text. I'm pushing fifty and wearing glasses. You wouldn't believe on how many websites I have to press Ctrl-+ repeatedly. And at least in a browser I can do that.

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@natty@astolfo.social 2026-04-18 20:00

@hazel@starlightnet.work Me whenever I see another instance of a monospace font website

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@crypticrainfall@app.wafrn.net 2026-04-18 16:29

@hazel@shrimp.starlightnet.work graphic design is my passion. I see this sort of issue all the time in education as well, we have workshops on accessibility and everything and yet basic graphic design principles that would help the exact students the workshop is about are left to the wayside. Also can we stop using fonts where 1 and l and I are near indistinguishable as the default font? Please? Please please?

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