[RossDM]

Since we're complaining about Medium: the font is too big. We may be in the post Web 2.0 era where huge text is more of a norm, but I feel assaulted every time I load a Medium article. The text is not readable without physically changing one's position, or adjusting the browser font size.

And why should I have to fiddle with the font size for one site when I don't have to think about it elsewhere? Are Medium bloggers so arrogant as to think that their revelations deserve to be shouted in my face at 22px?

[bjustin]

On the contrary, the font size on many sites is too small[1] (in the case of HN or Daring Fireball, far too small). I need to increase the size, or zoom in when using Safari on my laptop/iPhone/iPad, to have any hope of reading them without straining. Medium is one site where I don't have to do anything to read comfortably on a desktop or laptop.

I have a 23" 1920x1080 monitor and a 13" 1440x900 Macbook Air.

[1] There's a web book on typography that was just released, which details how to make type legible: http://practicaltypography.com/summary-of-key-rules.html