Tufte CSS

Is it just me who finds the serif font used in this website too narrow and hard on the eyes, even on Retina displays?

It doesn't work as white text on a dark background.

This style (fancy Georgia-like typeface on a cream background) was a big trend back in the 2010s, when this page was created.

You use dark mode I assume? The serif text work much better in light mode. Dark mode often need additional font weight to work well.

And I really don't think it's aged that well. Large parts of defining what "good layout" for text is relies on a societal consensus that their taste aligns with it, and I think we've moved on.

I'm not so sure.

Design trends are cyclical, but clean and simple design can be timeless. E.g. Helvetica, Braun, etc.

This uses a classical serif font with minimal formatting and colors. It is inspired by a simple book layout, which wouldn't look out of place in any classy publication today, from a hundred years ago, and likely a hundred years from now.

There's not much here that can "age", or that we can move on from.

Nope, I use light mode.