Yes, it is set to `normal`. It is reasonably readable but not excessively reasonably ;)<p>I don&#x27;t think browser vendors are the right people to blame though. Their job is to give the designer enough control and they mostly succeed or sometimes don&#x27;t (<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smashingmagazine.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;12&#x2F;css-baseline-the-good-the-bad-and-the-ugly&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.smashingmagazine.com&#x2F;2012&#x2F;12&#x2F;css-baseline-the-go...</a>)<p>But you certainly cannot expect them to come up with optimal default working for every single site out there.<p>So setting proper line-height has to remain the site&#x27;s responsibility. And something as simple as unitless 1.4-1.6 would improve readability with any &quot;regular&quot; font.<p>Given that HN isn&#x27;t exactly famous for using fancy fonts, which isn&#x27;t a bad thing at all. ;)