I think it may be an issue with font rendering on different operating systems, screen sizes, resolutions, etc.. The webpage looks quite different on my phone vs. tablet vs. laptop. It's least readable on my tablet (Microsoft Surface 2) which has an insanely high dpi.

Author with the edgy fonts here. I think you're right ben. This gives me motivation support mobile/tablets/etc., so that'll happen soon

Counterpoint: I have bad eyesight and I want to curse every time I see these very thin fonts. Or low contrast color schemes, for that matter.

Firefox has a reader mode which is a little button next to the address bar. My eyesight is fine but I use it on websites like these.

Thanks, and +1 for good faith effort.

I know about the reader mode, and will use it if necessary. But this will loose me all pictures, gif/js animations, and whatnot. I prefer to just have readable websites. I know and accept that some people don't care, even if a more readable site wouldn't hurt their enjoyment the least. Still I prefer sites that work appropriately when I zoom, and that abstain from such visual hostilities.