Hi Hugh,

I’m happy with the size. Do you think it should be a serif font though?

And also, do you think the background color should be an off-white or light cream instead? I did that with my blog. I figured it would make it easier on the eyes. Just my thoughts.

Best,
Sherri

Actually, I’ve just compared a current live page to a saved screen shot – and there’s no difference! It really doesn’t seem any larger to me.

Bigger print, please. The contrast needs to be greater…as someone said, the grey just doesn’t do it.
The print on the forum two revisions ago was very readable and had lots of contrast.
Thanks.

I agree with those who want a serif font (they’re supposed to be easier to read, though I can’t recall why). Georgia (in a larger size) would get my vote too, and it’s a pretty universal font, so most computers will have it. And yesssss – more contrast! The new forum is much harder to read than my no-longer-youthful eyes are comfortable with.

Hi Hugh,

Background color: that was my original suggestion… sorry for any confusion.
Here’s my blog page for color/font reference: http://sherrimatthew.com/wordpress/

No, this page shows a crisp white background on my monitor. I agree with everyone the typeface should be darker, black if possible. I would adjust my own blog fonts to black if I could. I just use a cream background on my page because it is for some reason easier on my eyes.

Testing – yes, much clearer for me typing.  Thank you.

Ack!! Tried it on my other browsers and the print is even *smaller*, though it does seem a little bit blacker, but not by much. And I keep the default point-size set fairly large. (Main browser on my Mac is Safari, plus Firefox, Opera, and Chrome – this last one does not work AT ALL well with Harp Column: full of hangs and repeated asking for password-remembering permission that never seems to register when I click Yes, so the annoying little nag box just keeps surfacing time after time with the same demand. I got this every time I clicked to a new HC page. That may be Chrome’s fault rather than HC’s, though I’ve never seen it behave like that with anything else, and have totally lost the will to spend one more second in there finding out.) I also own a PC running Windows 7, and will give the text-size/colour a test run on its two browsers, Firefox and Chrome (I don’t use IE) when it’s next switched on. Which ain’t gonna be tonight!

My background colour is more off-grey than off-white, but larger letters that are black enough will counteract that.