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He applied this CSS rule to all elements on the page: "letter-spacing:-0.1em !important;". This is why the page looks so cramped.

He also applied this to the body text: "font:140% 'Inconsolata', monospace;" I presume the site looks good in Inconsolata for those who have it installed.

This site is a good reminder to check your site on another computer. Also, make common font choices, or at least default to something specific that looks good.

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My bad. It uses @font-face to import that font. It does really look great in Inconsolata, IMHO. I just thought everyone around here would be on a browser that supports that already. But I'll consider making the CSS changes.

Use something like the @FontFace generator from font squirrel: http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fontface/generator

This will give you support for most browsers (though it will muck up your CSS a bit)

It still looks like crap, even with Inconsolata.

EDIT: It's a good read, though, as noted above.

Jeez, okay, I'm convinced. I'll make those changes as soon as I can.

Just installed the font. Looks much better now, but blurry. Chrome 6.0.472.53 win7-x64

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