Dear Internet,
We have a problem. It’s not you, it’s me. Well, it’s actually you and not me at all. I can’t read you anymore. It’s getting tiresome. You really have to do something. Now would be super.
Size twelve typefaces1 are not OK in 2011. They will be even less OK in 2012.
I’m twenty nine years old, and I cannot read 12px anything without getting so close to the screen that my breath fogs up the glass. I can’t imagine what it’s like for folks in their 40’s or 50’s.
Since the Internet isn’t a sentient being 2, it’s up to you guys to fix it. If you have any control over text online, make it bigger. Start with 16px3 and work your way up from there. It will look so much better, and people will actually be able to, you know, read it.