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What is that typeface? Every vowel looks like an "o" that was cut up to look like another vowel, its absolutely hard to read. It's also ironic that there's (allegedly) a focus on readability for the language but absolutely none of that concern found its way to the website.

I do like the piping syntax.

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Thanks for the feedback. I'm dyslexic so I did actually spend a long time picking a readable typeface for the website since I often struggle with some of the artistic choices other designers inflict. I found this typeface (and the other stylings of the site) to be what was easiest for me to read.

However I do acknowledge that I haven't conducted any form of research into other people's opinions and nor have I tested the site on many other platforms aside Firefox and Safari. So what works for me might not work for other people.

To that end, if others agree it's not the most readable typeface (or any other issues with the site are pointed out) then I will definitely change it. As you rightly say, being readable is the most important concern for that site.

Well the typeface is maybe a little odd, it is perfectly readable to me.

Fwiw I found it hard to read as well (not dyslexic)

I wouldn't say I'm dyslexic, but I do struggle with typeface that uses a lot of "o" in them, I'm not quite sure what the word is for it.

Unironically the most readable typeface I've ever used that comes standard on all computers is Comic Sans or a variant of it.

Thanks for the feedback everyone.

I've changed the typeface now, however you may have to hit refresh on your browser because I've used some pretty aggressive cache-control headers.

It's not a hugely massive change in typeface style because I really can't stand sherif when reading large chunks of text however I have also included some tweaks in the spacing which might also help.

Let me know if that has improved things or if I need a more dramatic change in typeface.

I know it can be frustrating to present work and criticism veers off to focus on other things, but thank you for being receptive. Its much better now :-)

I don't mind. I'm not a designer so I welcome any feedback on that front. I was more surprised at how bad others found it because I usually struggle with printed text.

Thanks again everyone for the feedback

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