I don't think I've seen a less accessible *font* in my life, including all the dark grey on black and yellow on white ones. Those are hard to read, but this one makes my eyes hurt, they actually started to hurt after I tried reading it despite discomfort. How come? Reading random text for 10 seconds can cause people physical pain? I wear glasses for near-sightedness and slight astigmatism, I wonder if it's related, and if people with 20/20 vision experience it differently.

▲ arionhardison a day ago | parent | next [-]

I thought it was me, I literally think there are things that should no longer be acceptable and this font is one of them. It serves no purpose and I would like to ask medical professionals if it is potentially harmful.

Edit: While fuzzy or blurry text itself is highly unlikely to trigger an epileptic seizure it is a major cause of optical strain, headaches, and reading barriers across various accessibility needs. Given the amount of screen time we all incur in our daily lives, I do not see why this should be a "thing".

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karim79 17 hours ago | parent | next [-]

And I got reprimanded by some rando pretending to be a mod for my previous comment. What is actually going on here?

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panny a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

You guys are saying this on a website which puts light grey text on light grey background.

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tomrod a day ago | parent | next [-]

My site shows black with yellow background and white text boxes. Highly visible. Maybe you're referring to dead comments? There are options to hide those.

	▲	panny a day ago \| parent [-]
		I'm sorry, what is your username again? I can't read it, because it's tiny light grey text on a light grey background. Controversy shouldn't give me cataracts either.

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conorcleary a day ago | parent | prev [-]

and tiny buttons

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Conan_Kudo a day ago | parent | prev [-]

It hurt for me too. I stopped reading it because it gave me a serious headache.

▲ olooney a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

Not a font. The VHS line striping is just a repeating gradient applied over the whole page:

    main::before { 
        background: 
            linear-gradient(rgba(18, 16, 16, 0) 50%, rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.25) 50%),
            linear-gradient( 90deg, rgba(255, 0, 0, 0.06), rgba(0, 255, 0, 0.02), rgba(0, 0, 255, 0.06) );
    }

The red glow is a red text shadow applied to every element on the page:

    :root { 
        --text-shadow: 2px 0px red, -2px 0px var(--glitch-color-2);
    }

Surprisingly, the glitchy logo is also done with CSS, with animations over two different versions of the text overlain atop one another:

        <span>explorator.dev</span>        
        <span>єӿƿłøгⱥʈøг.ᑻ</span>

I know this because the first thing I did when I got to the page was hit F12 to bring up the debugging tools and turn these styles off so I could read it. :)

▲ cjkaminski a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I have 20/20 vision and this presentation hurt my eyes. I'm glad my browser has "reader mode" to normalize things like this. I'm not trying to yuck someone else's yum. I simply appreciate the technical ability to read someone else's post in a way that doesn't cause discomfort.

▲ imwally a day ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I had to stop reading the first paragraph because of how bad it is.

▲ nchmy a day ago | parent | prev [-]

this font is the stupidest thing ive seen in ages