Disclaimer: I am not a graphic designer. I am merely a programmer with an
interest in well-crafted, understandable, and readable text. So, read this as
an outsider rant rather than an informed opinion.
Black text on a white background can be harsh on the eyes.
I have to disagree about the problem here. Black text has been fine since the first printing
press. And if you do want to make a page less in-your-face with regards to
contrast, then it would be much better to dim the background.
After all, the paper we read is mostly this grey-ish, yellow-ish colour.
The accent color can be complemented with more subtle shades, to be used on
borders, backgrounds, or even the body text.
The colours they've used in the syntax highlighting just made everything a
confetti explosion. I am not against syntax highlighting, but it shouldn't be
this colourful, unless you give every identifier a computable colour to make
misprints more noticeable.
Since text is the main content of a webpage, using a custom font gives the
page even more noticeable identity.
Not a big fan of @font-face. Another host to visit. Another asset to download.
My fonts are fine. If I have the font you like, then great! If I don't, please
make it look reasonable with system defaults.
Let's enhance our header with a nice background image from Unsplash.
Let's
not. Massive headers are nothing but a waste of space.
Again, this is a rant. I am just very tired of “designers” doing “pretty” stuff
instead of solving a problem. And that problem is an aesthetically pleasing,
not-eye-hurting, reasonably dense text.
Again, this is a rant. I am just very tired of “designers” doing “pretty” stuff instead of solving a problem. And that problem is an aesthetically pleasing, not-eye-hurting, reasonably dense text.