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go.dev: documentation font is not user friendly towards dyslexic people #37411

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empijei opened this issue Feb 24, 2020 · 5 comments
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go.dev: documentation font is not user friendly towards dyslexic people #37411

empijei opened this issue Feb 24, 2020 · 5 comments
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empijei commented Feb 24, 2020

What is the URL of the page with the issue?

Any godoc page with code examples e.g. https://pkg.go.dev/golang.org/x/net/html?tab=doc

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What did you do?

Visited the page

What did you expect to see?

Docs in a font I can read

What did you see instead?

Docs in a font I can't read.

Serifs and small kerning can make it much harder for dyslexic users to read text. The new style of godoc makes it worse than it used to be, which was already pretty tough to read.

This only affect code blocks as they are the only ones with little kerning and serifs.

/cc @julieqiu
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@julieqiu julieqiu added NeedsFix The path to resolution is known, but the work has not been done. NeedsInvestigation Someone must examine and confirm this is a valid issue and not a duplicate of an existing one. labels Feb 24, 2020
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@julieqiu julieqiu changed the title go.dev: Code font is not user friendly towards dyslexic people. go.dev: documentation font is not user friendly towards dyslexic people Feb 24, 2020
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empijei commented Feb 27, 2020

Was the font changed recently? It looks like it now renders with Source Code Pro instead of Go Mono. If so thank you, this is much better to read.

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If Go Mono is not installed on your system, it falls back to Source Code Pro. That could be why you’re seeing it rendered that way.

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@empijei we plan to change the default font to Source Code Pro to improve readability. The change should be live in the next deployment. Glad to hear it would create a better experience!

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empijei commented Mar 10, 2020

Thank you so much for this!

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julieqiu commented May 1, 2020

Fixed.

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