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== Proposal Display resolutions and dpi are continuously increasing, raising the need to occasionally increase the font size to remain legible for a wide spectrum of readers. A typical webpage - such as news sites - nowadays shows the main article content with the font-size configured by the user in their browser (default: 16px). The Minerva skin already uses this font size, Vector's font-size was last increased from 0.8em (12.8px) to 0.875em (14px) in 2014 in the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh#Why_is_the_type_size_and_leading_increased? | Typography refresh project ]]. Related research: https://pielot.org/pubs/Rello2016-Fontsize.pdf Rello2016-Fontsize "Make It Big! The Effect of Font Size and Line Spacing on Online Readability" This card is intended to gather feedback from users/contributors about the option to change the font-size to the user setting (default: 16px) typically used by websites. == Current font sizes used by skins (Pixel count is different on HiDPI.) * Minerva: 100% -> 16px * Timeless (2015): 95% -> 15.2px * Vector (2010): 87.5% -> 14px * Modern (2008): 13px * CologneBlue (2003): 10pt -> 13+1/3px * MonoBook: 79.375% -> 12.7px The continuous increase in font size reflects how devices became higher resolution throughout the years. == Impact 1. Casual / new readers of Wikipedia will be granted with a more readable experience consistent with popular media. 2. There will be users positively affected, who either used zooming, a font-size changer, or a custom stylesheet to make Wikipedia more legible. 3. There will be users accustomed to the current font-size, preferring to restore it. The proportions of each group should be polled proactively: feedback from readers in the first two groups seldom reach the developers. == User choice There are a few approaches to cater to different user needs: * A skin preferences popup with a font-size changer could be implemented within the Desktop Improvements project. This feature is often requested, see [[ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wikipedia | Wikiwand ]]'s "Personalize" popup in the top-right corner for an example and the task {T91201}. * This change can be opt-out ~~within the Desktop Improvements project (which is already opt-out).~~ * Readers can change their font-size setting in the browser, or use a font-size changing addon / stylesheet.

== Proposal Display resolutions and dpi are continuously increasing, raising the need to occasionally increase the font size to remain legible for a wide spectrum of readers. A typical webpage - such as news sites - nowadays shows the main article content with the font-size configured by the user in their browser (default: 16px). The Minerva skin already uses this font size, Vector's font-size was last increased from 0.8em (12.8px) to 0.875em (14px) in 2014 in the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh#Why_is_the_type_size_and_leading_increased? | Typography refresh project ]]. Related research: https://pielot.org/pubs/Rello2016-Fontsize.pdf ("Make It Big! The Effect of Font Size and Line Spacing on Online Readability") This card is intended to gather feedback from users/contributors about the option to change the font-size to the user setting (default: 16px) typically used by websites. == Current font sizes used by skins (Pixel count is different on HiDPI.) * Minerva: 100% -> 16px * Timeless (2015): 95% -> 15.2px * Vector (2010): 87.5% -> 14px * Modern (2008): 13px * CologneBlue (2003): 10pt -> 13+1/3px * MonoBook: 79.375% -> 12.7px The continuous increase in font size reflects how devices became higher resolution throughout the years. == Impact 1. Casual / new readers of Wikipedia will be granted with a more readable experience consistent with popular media. 2. There will be users positively affected, who either used zooming, a font-size changer, or a custom stylesheet to make Wikipedia more legible. 3. There will be users accustomed to the current font-size, preferring to restore it. The proportions of each group should be polled proactively: feedback from readers in the first two groups seldom reach the developers. == User choice There are a few approaches to cater to different user needs: * A skin preferences popup with a font-size changer could be implemented within the Desktop Improvements project. This feature is often requested, see [[ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wikipedia | Wikiwand ]]'s "Personalize" popup in the top-right corner for an example and the task {T91201}. * This change can be opt-out ~~within the Desktop Improvements project (which is already opt-out).~~ * Readers can change their font-size setting in the browser, or use a font-size changing addon / stylesheet.

== Proposal Display resolutions and dpi are continuously increasing, raising the need to occasionally increase the font size to remain legible for a wide spectrum of readers. A typical webpage - such as news sites - nowadays shows the main article content with the font-size configured by the user in their browser (default: 16px). The Minerva skin already uses this font size, Vector's font-size was last increased from 0.8em (12.8px) to 0.875em (14px) in 2014 in the [[ https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh#Why_is_the_type_size_and_leading_increased? | Typography refresh project ]]. Related research: https://pielot.org/pubs/Rello2016-Fontsize.pdf Rello2016-Fontsize ("Make It Big! The Effect of Font Size and Line Spacing on Online Readability") This card is intended to gather feedback from users/contributors about the option to change the font-size to the user setting (default: 16px) typically used by websites. == Current font sizes used by skins (Pixel count is different on HiDPI.) * Minerva: 100% -> 16px * Timeless (2015): 95% -> 15.2px * Vector (2010): 87.5% -> 14px * Modern (2008): 13px * CologneBlue (2003): 10pt -> 13+1/3px * MonoBook: 79.375% -> 12.7px The continuous increase in font size reflects how devices became higher resolution throughout the years. == Impact 1. Casual / new readers of Wikipedia will be granted with a more readable experience consistent with popular media. 2. There will be users positively affected, who either used zooming, a font-size changer, or a custom stylesheet to make Wikipedia more legible. 3. There will be users accustomed to the current font-size, preferring to restore it. The proportions of each group should be polled proactively: feedback from readers in the first two groups seldom reach the developers. == User choice There are a few approaches to cater to different user needs: * A skin preferences popup with a font-size changer could be implemented within the Desktop Improvements project. This feature is often requested, see [[ https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Wikipedia | Wikiwand ]]'s "Personalize" popup in the top-right corner for an example and the task {T91201}. * This change can be opt-out ~~within the Desktop Improvements project (which is already opt-out).~~ * Readers can change their font-size setting in the browser, or use a font-size changing addon / stylesheet.