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Oliver Schöndorfer
Personal blog · pimpmytype.comdesignwriting
Oliver Schöndorfer writes Pimp my Type, a personal blog at pimpmytype.com about design and writing. Since 2021, 10 different Hacker News readers have linked it 10 times, most often “The ideal line length and line height in web design”. It is still writing: the last post was on 2026-10-27, and you can follow it by feed.
Too few sampled comments (3) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Oliver Schöndorfer's pimpmytype.com for typography advice, such as line length and line height, and for its Font Friday posts on individual typefaces and why font choice matters.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 3 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Boost your web & app designs with pimped typography. Weekly font recommendations on Font Friday, articles & videos by Oliver Schöndorfer.
Most-linked posts?
- The ideal line length and line height in web design2 people · 2 mentions · first linked 2022-01-07
What Hacker News says?
This is the sort of thing you can Google, because it is extremely common advice. A few of the top hits: https://www.fonts.com/content/learning/fontology/level-2/tex... https://pimpmytype.com/line-length-line-height/ https://material.io/design/typography/understanding-typograp... (see under Line Length) I don't have any studies at hand, but I think it's been pretty well established.
Comment linking /line-length-line-height/
on “58 bytes of CSS to look great nearly everywhere”Submitted Inter Font Update: Don't Rely on Google Fonts for Hosting as a story · 3 points
HN discussionWhy your font choice matters: https://pimpmytype.com/open-sans/
Comment linking /open-sans/
on “Helvetica Now Variable”Submitted What is the right font size in web design? as a story · 3 points
HN discussionMaybe look here: https://pimpmytype.com/category/fontfriday/ Prices and conditions on the few I checked seemed to be (relatively) sane to me.
Comment linking /category/fontfriday/
on “Font Licensing”Submitted Font Matrix – See and Pair Typefaces Like Never Before as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted The intended Wordle Font, nobody can see as a story · 2 points
HN discussionSubmitted FIFA's World Cup Typography Foul: UI Design Learnings as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted Typographic Hierarchy in Print, Web and App Design as a story · 1 points
HN discussionSubmitted The ideal line length and line height in web design as a story · 1 points
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