Having larger paragraphs about attila HOT 5 CLOSED

@deadlysyn I have it on the radar. I'm currently rewriting the whole theme to support some more features like darkmode. The update branch also includes better scaling on larger screens. It's still work in progress, but feel free to check it out: https://github.com/zutrinken/attila/tree/update

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Change the .inner's max-width: mceachen@fba97dc#diff-da725cf4823250b3f76285b47c77ac46L620

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Good idea, thanks @mceachen for the push!

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First, I want to say thanks for the awesome theme...it looks amazing, and is well thought out.

Second, thanks to @mceachen for the push to DIY and easily adjust this (highly personal) preference. :-)

I've been reading Heydon Pickering's Inclusive Design Patterns. A section on paragraph structure references Robert Bringhurst’s book The Elements of Typographic Style which recommends a measure between 45 and 75 characters (based on a lot of psychology and studies about optimal line lengths for readability and accessibility).

Refer to Pickering et al pg. 51-52 if you want more detail, but in CSS this would boil down to a comfortable range somewhere around:

figure figcaption {
    max-width: 60rem;
}

.inner {
    max-width: 60rem;
}

I'm not a designer, I don't even play one on YouTube, but if this is thought to be a reasonable default I'm happy to submit a PR. I notice on my personal blog it is not much different than the default. The original text's idea is for font size to be fully relative, vs snapping across break points... so truly "fixing" this requires a bit more surgery. Not sure if that deserves a PR or fork, since it may become a divergence of opinion. :-)

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Awesome, thank you very much for your work! Looking forward to seeing the update :)

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