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100% readability

21st of Nov, 2006ce* in: blog

After reading a friend of mines blog and wholeheartedly disagreeing that my blog actually needs to be readable, I have finally bitten the bullet and adopted the 100% text size mandate.

The idea is, text on the web should be readable. Have a peek at his site for more information, and other usability ramblings.

100% E2R

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Taro, Thursday, November 23, 2006, 6:00

I think here is very impressive letter size even looking as the graphic.

chriskalani, Sunday, November 26, 2006, 6:14

eh, dude… forget it. Do what you want with yours tie… That is unless you are directing your site towards people who are hard of seeing.. which I doubt.

Information Architects Japan » iA Notebook » The 100% Easy-2-Read Standard, Thursday, December 14, 2006, 15:43

[...] Dadako: Internationally acclaimed pixelpusher Hawken King is currently redesigning his website according 100E2R. iA is particularly proud we could convert him. So far he’s updated his blog. We can’t wait to see the currently hidden treasures (like the work he did for Nintendo) of his amazing portfolio integrated in a easy to browse and read format. [...]

Kilian, Thursday, December 28, 2006, 2:27

You should allow for a bit more leading. The minimum should be 1.5em. Otherwise even large type is quite hard to read. Apart from that: welcome to the 100%ER-club!