Comment by slater
4 days ago
What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?
4 days ago
What subscription level will finally make them increase their article CSS's line-height from "affront to eyes" to "actually legible"?
Nobody has ever asked us to do that; I take it you would prefer a larger line spacing?
If nothing else, we can easily add a customization option for that.
Compare and contrast:
Existing line-height:
https://i.ibb.co/dJc14J7G/Screenshot-2026-09-02-at-08-35-06....
With "line-height: 1.25" on <p> tags:
https://i.ibb.co/RkGBQF0D/Screenshot-2026-09-02-at-08-36-17....
on this article:
https://lwn.net/Articles/1092229/
Times New Roman (and STIX Two Text, Libertinus Serif clones) has been designed with increased x-height while keeping the same line height, see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Times_New_Roman#/media/File:Ti...
It's normal for it to appear denser vertically. Your example of increased line height looks suitable for subheadings, but in no way represents the typographic tradition of its use.
Use a user style sheet instead of trying to force your preferences onto others. Or better yet, fix your monitor settings.
Firefox plugin? Script Monkey? Ctrl+ to zoom the page? Reader mode?
Sure, but I meant for all the site's visitors
If you read LWN, surely you are not scared to use a few "advanced" options in your browser...?
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