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No thanks, I don't want your shitty font file that only looks ok on whatever system you testet. All websites should use the system font for body text. The only problems is that a) the default browser font is usually some ugly shit instead of the system font and b) there is no way to specify size in a way that different fonts will actually be the same size. Both of these need to be fixed in the browser instead of hacking on more shit for each website.


> No thanks, I don't want your shitty font file that only looks ok on whatever system you testet.

Why would it looks bad elsewhere?

> All websites should use the system font for body text.

Wait what? There are very different requirements when it comes to reading system widgets and actual text! (like we don't use the same kind font for code and prose).


Which is why I've configured my browser to use the correct fonts that work for me. Use `font-family: revert;` for prose, and `font-family: system-ui;` for any widgets you've got.




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