April 2016
Intermediate to advanced
325 pages
9h 24m
English
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Display Legible Text
Making the content itself usable is important, but the way you present it also matters.
Pick a large font size. Although most people hold books quite close to their eyes, computer screens tend to be further away. While sitting in front of your computer and looking at your site or application, hold up a book at typical reading distance, and compare the font sizes.[27]
If you notice that the text on your PC looks significantly smaller than the text in the book, make the screen text larger. Keep in mind, though, that the same font size can appear to be larger or smaller on screens with lower or higher resolutions. Of course, if ...