[WSG] Font Sizes

[YoYoEtc]

Just wanted to make a comment - criticism perhaps - of the size of the 
print/text I see on some web sites I have visited.  Honestly, I am not old 
and I almost need a magnifying glass to see some of it.  Sometimes it seems 
that the designer has tried to cram as much as is humanly possible on to 
one screen - and these appear to be experienced designers.

Initially, I thought perhaps it was because I was using a four-year old 
monitor.  Well, I bought a new computer just four months ago, along with a 
new 19-inch monitor - and nothing has changed!

Is it a new trend to try to make fonts as microscopic as possible?  To me, 
that would be against any feasible standard of good usability.

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