So-called fluid typography and all the fancy “adaptive” layouts are extremely dumb.
Presentation of the content is as important as the content itself. I would argue that it is part of the content. It serves to direct attention and highlight the reading path.
Content isn't just blobs of text and media that follow linearly without hierarchy.
Just because you have the technology doesn't mean you should desperately try to use it.
One needs to make a choice about how his content will be laid out and how much space it shall require. Considering tablets and laptops are ubiquitous, it is pointless to optimize for narrow mobile consumption unless it is the most trivial content (just a text scroll, basically). And if that is the case, you have no need for fluid typography.
It seems appropriate for a site that also uses 12% of my screen's vertical space for a fixed one-line navigation header containing only four links. Getting in the way of the content seems to be a theme.
So-called fluid typography and all the fancy “adaptive” layouts are extremely dumb.
Presentation of the content is as important as the content itself. I would argue that it is part of the content. It serves to direct attention and highlight the reading path.
Content isn't just blobs of text and media that follow linearly without hierarchy.
Just because you have the technology doesn't mean you should desperately try to use it. One needs to make a choice about how his content will be laid out and how much space it shall require. Considering tablets and laptops are ubiquitous, it is pointless to optimize for narrow mobile consumption unless it is the most trivial content (just a text scroll, basically). And if that is the case, you have no need for fluid typography.
I hate websites like this. I try to zoom in or out, and they carefully undermine me.
It seems appropriate for a site that also uses 12% of my screen's vertical space for a fixed one-line navigation header containing only four links. Getting in the way of the content seems to be a theme.
I don't have any trouble zooming in and out on this website.
Me neither. What you mean, redbluered?
What browser/device are you using? No problem here.
That's a great point!