Questions tagged [font-sizes]
Questions regardarding user experience implications of font sizes.
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Which aspects of an input should use rem and which should use pixels?
I am currently working on standardizing the styling in an application. As part of the process, I want to use rems (ie scaling based on the browser font size) instead of pixels (px) where it improves ...
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When should the font size adapt to the dimensions of the website?
I tried to search online on whether or not font should adapt with the size of the window and I found a lot of results on how to do it but not many whether I should ever do it. I tested it on multiple ...
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email font and accessibility
Recently I have seen more and more emails with an automated note at the bottom similar to:
Did you notice my font is large? This is done for accessibility purposes. It is recommended to use at least ...
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Why is monospaced text often smaller than regular text?
I often see that monospaced text is smaller than regular text in the same context. Here are some examples:
Crafting Interpreters has the main font 16px large and the monospaced font 13px large.
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Recommended font size for data intense Interfaces
I was wondering if there is any recommendation in font size for data intense interfaces? Users who use interfaces for several hours a day and are experts in using those interfaces might have other ...
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Do I need to follow scale while defining typography in design system?
I'm confused if I should use scale or not while defining our typography. While using it I'm not able to use 14px and 16px at the same time plus it's giving font sizes like '16.80'(just an example) and ...
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Should I use the same font size between phone, tablet and desktop?
When making a responsive stylesheet. Is it better to keep the text sizes the same pixel size. Note I am using the following to normalize the sizes across. Also for the purpose of this question I'm ...
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What is the ideal font size to be used in dashboard?
I came across many websites that use 14px for the content in the dashboard and outside i.e Website's homepage tends to use a bigger font size.
So the question is
a) What is the ideal font size for the ...
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Minimal text size in logos
Do you have recommendations for the minimal text size in logos in general? The example shows a text logo including its claim. What minimal font size would you recommend with or without claim?
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Font size for enterprise applications
Are there rules about what standard font size to use for enterprise applications? While websites use 16 pixels as the most readable for the user, many desktop applications use 12 to 14 pixels. What ...
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Should you increase tap target size with text scale factor?
When a user has difficulties reading text and has to increase the font size they use on mobile phone, should tap targets increase as well?
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Control font size in creation of template wizard
I'm trying to propose another UX/UI way to display a control font size in a wizard of templates creation.
Have you a UX advice about my choice? I think that it must have a more precise mark of font ...
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How to decide a text box length based on the text size? [closed]
If I have a fixed text width, let's say 35 characters, I know the font and font size, Arial Regular 13, how can I calculate the size of the text box required to fit in the text? Is there a formula or ...
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Smaller font sizes on smaller screen devices
I'm an iOS developer and I recently had a discussion with a designer in my team about the font size of a label in an iOS app that we are producing. It is a small label that is used to present the user ...
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What is the recommended Type Scale for E-commerce sites?
I'm a designer, working on a project to redesign an E-commerce site.
To improve readability, I would like to increase the font size as well as white space etc.
I would like to use a Type scale to ...
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