Use small text for secondary information

[bertob]

Currently all text within the toot widget uses the regular text size, which means it's all competing for attention at the same level.

If you look at other clients, secondary information uses a smaller text size, so the actual toot content is more prominent:

I'd suggest having the following things use the small text size:

• @ username
• timestamp
• "X boosted" label above the toot

[bleakgrey]

What about the baseline alignment to compensate for the size difference?

[bertob]

Baseline alignment of what?

[bertob]

Actually, I just noticed that the text size on posts is larger than the default UI font size?

[bleakgrey]

If the size is decreased, the vertical alignment becomes uneven. Should the labels centered? Packed to the top or the bottom line?

[bleakgrey]

Yes, the text size in timelines is slightly bigger by default since some people have complained about it being too small and unreadable. It is configurable in the settings.

[bleakgrey]

Here is how it looks like on my setup with the scaling disabled

[bertob]

Yes, the text size in timelines is slightly bigger by default since some people have complained about it being too small and unreadable. It is configurable in the settings.

I'd change the default to off on that. If the standard text size in this app is too small then the text across the entire system is too small, no? This is what the system-wide "large text" a11y setting is for :)

And yes, aligning the baselines would be good.

[ranfdev]

Yes please, don't make the text bigger by default. It's really akward. For a moment I even thought there was something wrong with my setup.