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Comment by oneeyedpigeon | Hacker News Reader

How does it break for you? Seems OK to me on android — in fact, I already had it at 110%. Reminded me to check my desktop settings which have HN fixed at 125%. I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?!

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> I cannot believe that, in 2026, the default font size is set at 12px — is anyone actually reading it at that size?!

The very first "quality of life" thing I do when I install a new computer / operating system nowadays is double (sometimes triple) the default font size. 12pt was probably fine when our monitors were 640x480, and when we were 18 years old.

For some reason I though the GP was talking about browsing on mobile, where I have the issue:

https://imgbox.com/EiovsE5b https://imgbox.com/A4Fl9lE9

The same issue happens on desktop but it requires zooming a bit more than 110%, and is screen-size dependent.

I leave HN on default everything, but I have a 1080p monitor so it might look bigger for me than someone with a higher resolution monitor... I don't know how that works. But I often have to zoom out of websites linked here because the text is so big and it feels uncomfortable to read

Yeah, 12px is fine (27" 1440p, no display scaling). It is on the small side. I'd go a bit larger for something I made. But it's not a small enough to slow down my reading.

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