[HN Gopher] ET-Jekyll: Edward Tufte-inspired Jekyll theme
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       ET-Jekyll: Edward Tufte-inspired Jekyll theme
        
       Author : bradley_taunt
       Score  : 82 points
       Date   : 2021-06-05 18:05 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (et-jekyll.netlify.app)
 (TXT) w3m dump (et-jekyll.netlify.app)
        
       | mrunseen wrote:
       | This have antialiasing on, while Tufte CSS doesn't, making the
       | text little less "bold" on my Mac. I prefer the antialiasing:
       | auto one (browser on the right)
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       | https://i.imgur.com/qEkfG06.png
        
       | mro_name wrote:
       | nice, what about dark mode?
        
         | ekam wrote:
         | Seconding this, dark mode would make it perfect. Great work
         | otherwise though
        
         | bradley_taunt wrote:
         | Good call! Will add it to my TODO list
        
         | G1N wrote:
         | I have an Edward Tufte Jekyll theme with dark mode here:
         | https://ibrahimsaberi.com/, not the same as this one but
         | hopefully similar enough
        
           | mro_name wrote:
           | impressive
        
       | strzibny wrote:
       | Beautiful theme. Also happy to see Jekyll here.
        
       | antiterra wrote:
       | If only for unique lI1, Johnston is a better choice than Gill
       | Sans for a body copy sans serif font. (Tufte's preferences
       | notwithstanding)
        
       | 0atman wrote:
       | Been using this for a few years now, LOVE marginnotes! For
       | example: https://www.0atman.com/articles/20/polyphase-one-month
        
       | magamig wrote:
       | These custom fonts that people use are so unnecessary... Just let
       | me use my browsers' default!
        
         | mrunseen wrote:
         | It is only natural to include a font which was commissioned by
         | original author.
        
         | slater wrote:
         | ET Book, the font used on the page, is free and open-source:
         | 
         | https://edwardtufte.github.io/et-book/
         | 
         | Modern browsers also have preferences to switch off web fonts.
        
           | divbzero wrote:
           | The main downside of custom web fonts isn't the licensing but
           | having to download those fonts to render the page. There are
           | ways to optimize font loading [1] but it can still lead to
           | delay in rendering or font swaps.
           | 
           | It looks like ET-Tufte has already considered and tried to
           | mitigate this downside. [2]
           | 
           | [1]: https://web.dev/optimize-webfont-loading/
           | 
           | [2]: https://et-jekyll.netlify.app/et-jekyll-
           | theme/#performance
        
             | mrunseen wrote:
             | Licensing is a issue[0] in commercial fonts, though.
             | 
             | [0]https://twitter.com/typographica/status/1395769805542547
             | 461?...
        
         | sergiomattei wrote:
         | I think it's beautiful. It's all subjective and they strived to
         | add beautiful typography to this theme.
        
         | JustFinishedBSG wrote:
         | > Just let me use my browsers' default!
         | 
         | Just disable fonts in the browser settings then.
        
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