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Max Kohler
Personal blog · maxkohler.com/postsdesignwriting
Max Kohler's personal blog at maxkohler.com covers design and writing. Since 2022, 3 different Hacker News readers have linked it 3 times, most often “Why do all NFTs look the same?”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2025-11-16, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (1) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
Max Kohler's note on the Atkinson Hyperlegible font, a typeface designed for low-vision readers. One commenter cites it while questioning whether the font has been studied for readability.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 1 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Non-Fiction Visual Communication
Most-linked posts?
- Why do all NFTs look the same?2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-03-22
What Hacker News says?
I'm uncomfortable with people publishing work like this without studies to back up whether they work for their intended audience. I'm sure the Braille Institute is expert in needs of low vision readers. And the design certainly looks promising. But AFAICT no one has studied whether this font is actually more readable. https://www.maxkohler.com/notes/2021-02-16-atkinson-hyperrea... The mess with the popular-but-not-e…
Comment linking /notes/2021-02-16-atkinson-hyperreadable/
on “Atkinson Hyperlegible Font”Submitted Why do all NFTs look the same? as a story · 4 points
HN discussionSubmitted Why do all NFTs look the same? as a story · 2 points
HN discussion