I realized there’d been changes I didn’t like when I looked at this newsletter. It seemed more “in your face”, but aside from a) different font size, b) different formatting, c) different font, I couldn’t put my finger on it.
I wasn’t sure what it was until I looked at an old article, and a old newsletter side by side with what it used to look like. Text used to be smaller* and on the right* (instead of in the middle). Headings within a piece are grey instead of black, and maybe a different font. The body of the text also seems more grey** (although that could be the size). Things also seem longer (now) - and not just a result of increased size, which is weird because moving things to the left shouldn’t (intuitively) shrink the margins, so I guess the margins used to be bigger*.
*Changes
**There’s a difference between how text looks, and text with links (which is especially apparent with newsletters). The increased text size made this really pronounced.
TLDR:
Additionally, I was also struck by the differences when I looked at “The Gift of the Amygdali”. My taste in formatting (here*) seems to be more minimalistic, and smaller text, which is right justified, with larger margins (which both have the effect of not spreading longer sentences across more lines).
That said, I don’t know if I’m a typical reader of your blog (I understand you’ve been doing A/B testing or something), I also read Wikipedia a fair amount (though I like your blog more because of the consistent, high quality).
*With regards to your site. (Other sites mostly have different styles.)
I realized there’d been changes I didn’t like when I looked at this newsletter. It seemed more “in your face”, but aside from a) different font size, b) different formatting, c) different font, I couldn’t put my finger on it.
I wasn’t sure what it was until I looked at an old article, and a old newsletter side by side with what it used to look like. Text used to be smaller* and on the right* (instead of in the middle). Headings within a piece are grey instead of black, and maybe a different font. The body of the text also seems more grey** (although that could be the size). Things also seem longer (now) - and not just a result of increased size, which is weird because moving things to the left shouldn’t (intuitively) shrink the margins, so I guess the margins used to be bigger*.
*Changes
**There’s a difference between how text looks, and text with links (which is especially apparent with newsletters). The increased text size made this really pronounced.
TLDR:
Additionally, I was also struck by the differences when I looked at “The Gift of the Amygdali”. My taste in formatting (here*) seems to be more minimalistic, and smaller text, which is right justified, with larger margins (which both have the effect of not spreading longer sentences across more lines).
That said, I don’t know if I’m a typical reader of your blog (I understand you’ve been doing A/B testing or something), I also read Wikipedia a fair amount (though I like your blog more because of the consistent, high quality).
*With regards to your site. (Other sites mostly have different styles.)