Using CSS Custom Properties to Adjust Variable Font Weights in Dark Mode

1 · CSS-Tricks · Dec. 10, 2020, 8:42 p.m.
Black isn’t always slimming. When recently testing a dark mode option for one of my sites, I experienced first-hand the issue that Robin Rendle addresses in this article. All of my page text — headings and body copy — appeared to bulk up when I switched to dark mode. And it didn’t matter what fonts I used or which browsers I tried. The same thing happened with all of them. For example, here’s what happens with Adobe’s Source Sans … Read article “Using CSS Custom Properties to Adjust Variable Fo...