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Web Brutalism
So what is Web Brutalism? For a better write-up on the topic, Dave Copeland has an excellent article here. It is essential reading on the subject.
But what do I think about it? Well, there are a few important points:
- Readability
- Content Focus
- Performance
Readability
Not just readability, but accessibility too. These two topics are so intertwined that I felt it to combine the two under one section, and will generally refer the two as one topic.
This is one of the most important aspects to Web Brutalism. The primary focus of my site, and ideally most sites, but not all, is the user. This presents itself in many ways, the most important of which for a text based site being readability. Simple styling relying on basic css and clearly laid out html reduce visual clutter and allow easier access to text to speech reading assistance.
This ties directly into accessibility, not just for the text to speech, but with eye strain and easily legible fonts (this site uses Times New Roman and Sans-Serif by default). Another important factor here is the site is specifically made to made readable on mobile and large screens using the "@media only screen and (min-width: xxx px)" tag to change font size at certain breakpoints. (Typically 360, 600, 1280, though there maybe more I am missing)