Typeface.

Several people have complained to me in the past month or so that my blog's font is too small to read.  Nobody ever complained before.  Is it the tipping point in the advent of mobile devices with tiny screens?  Are you all getting old and nearsighted?

Regardless, I can't change my default font size without either paying Typepad more money, or changing my blog's appearance to an entirely different theme.

I fear change.  And yet I am considering it, so that you all don't strain your eyes.

What do you think?  Go with something close to the classic pale blue bearing blog theme you've known for so long?  Or strike out with something totally new?  (Either way with a bigger font)

I'm keeping my cactus flower photo.  I like it.

Comments

[Charlotte (Matilda)]

Looks fine to me but I'm reading on a Mac that can make the whole page look bigger if I need it to be. And when I read on Google Reader, it looks fine, too.

[Bethany]

Same here . . . it's always looked fine to me. Stay with the tried and true blue!

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it all comes up the same in Google Reader. :)

[Martha]

It's too small for my eyes but I just always zoom in my screen when I read you. ;-)

[Shirley]

Leave well enough alone... unless the teacher will give you extra credit ~ or are you looking for something to distract you from training for the 5k?

In Internet Explorer, pressing
Ctrl-+
will make it larger temporarily for anyone who needs it. ~Shirley

[Kelly]

Now that you mention it, it does look more like 8 pt font to me than the usual 12. But I usually read on my cell phone, so I make the text larger. Going up a bit would be helpful, but not worth too much trouble.

[Heather]

It is a bit hard for me to read, but I guess maybe I should figure out a way to enlarge it, like everyone else seems to...

[Cathie B]

Hasn't anyone told them about control scroll????? I am looking at your blog right now in about 24pt because I am, indeed old and nearsighted. Folks - hold down the control button and use the scroll wheel on your mouse. You can make the font bigger!!!

Okay, now that I'd done being a crabby old curmudgeon, I like new. Have fun.

[Kate]

I think it's not just the size, but the typeface - some of your letters are a little squished, or run together. It could be what I remember in my old graphic arts days, the leading - the spacing between letters. I don't happen to like the typeface you use, but, hey, I'm right brained and not left. I still read the content (with my nose to the screen - but I need bifocals anyway).

[Cathie B]

I'm back to say I closed my browser. When I came back to this blog from a new browser window, I was still at 24pt. I use Firefox, so I don't know that the same would hold true with anything else.

And, I like your cactus picture, too.

[Jennifer Fitz]

I use ctrl + (ctrl key and the "+" key) in Firefox to make the font bigger.

In my (now dated) experience, Explorer doesn't zoom pages as well as Firefox does.

[rachel]

I like the small font - it adds a quieter tone to the strong opinions... (and I'm using a teenty-tiny netbook).

[Kelly]

I had no idea about the control scroll option. Thanks guys!

[bearing]

Wow! Cathie, that is a very nice trick!

(Maybe I won't change it after all if it's not bothering my usual readers. It's when I get linked from elsewhere that I hear about it...)

[MelanieB]

I've never had problems with your typeface. In fact yours is one of the blogs I classify as being restful on the eyes. I don't mind reading longer pieces here as I do at other places because the font and color scheme are not obnoxious.