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core(font-size): recalibrate the legible font sizes #4550

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Fixes #4448

Minimum legible font size: 12px (was 16px)
Minimum percent legibility: 60% (was 75%)

<p class='small'> 1 </p>
<small>2</small>
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<small> has a font-size of ~13px , h6 is ~10px

'[Learn more](https://developers.google.com/speed/docs/insights/UseLegibleFontSizes).',
helpText: 'Font sizes less than 12px are too small to be legible and require mobile ' +
'visitors to “pinch to zoom” in order to read. Strive to have >60% of page text ≥12px. ' +
'[Learn more](https://developers.google.com/web/fundamentals/design-and-ux/responsive/#optimize_text_for_reading).',
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@rviscomi FYI I updated the link to avoid the redirect + BTW do we have anything better we can link to?

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This is ok for now. Please work with @kaycebasques to get first-party LH SEO audit docs online and we can update this link when ready.

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yay for iterating on user feedback! :D 🎉 🎈

@patrickhulce patrickhulce merged commit c510a49 into GoogleChrome:master Feb 15, 2018
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pingram3541 commented Jun 14, 2019

@kdzwinel @paulirish @rviscomi Curious, do sites actually get penalized for this via regular scan algorithms using this rule set (actual Google ranking) or is this only informative through the Lighthouse audit and other tools like Search Console notifications?

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Recalibrate the legible font sizes audit
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