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knivets | 8 years ago

Wow, I like how readable the text is. The typography in the post is beautiful.

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StevePerkins|8 years ago

Whenever I see a front-page link about Rails, I always think, "I bet the top comment threads will be about the font or layout rather than the content". Click, and... yep!

It's been about ten years, and you don't see as many Rails posts as you used to, but it still holds true!

sho|8 years ago

I've also been around for getting on 10 years (ok, 8.8, close enough) and this is literally the first time I have heard anyone compliment the typography of a Rails post, let alone noticed it occurring enough to become an identifiable trend.

Am I missing some sort of joke?

Kiro|8 years ago

I don't understand the correlation between the font and it being a post about Rails.

deemx|8 years ago

probably due to the fact that rails tends to be more accessible for junior frontend devs or designers guys that want to try some backend stuff

publicfig|8 years ago

I know this is off topic, but I noticed the typography too and was just seeing if I could tell what it was before looking. But oddly enough, I can't seem to find out what typeface is used using the developer tools for the life of me. Does anyone know how that could be hidden from the styles pane?

ericthor|8 years ago

The rendered typeface is Stem Text. If you click on an element with the typeface and go to the computed tab that will show you what font-family style is applied.

tudelo|8 years ago

The capital letters all look bold. The font is extremely ugly.