The latest articles on DEV Community by kostandinos (@kostandinosvas). https://dev.to/kostandinosvas https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F987222%2F5627bdbf-4c13-467a-a4b0-8eec98d77917.jpeg https://dev.to/kostandinosvas en kostandinos Sat, 23 May 2026 08:15:56 +0000 https://dev.to/kostandinosvas/i-built-a-chrome-extension-to-stop-squinting-at-the-web-1o4c https://dev.to/kostandinosvas/i-built-a-chrome-extension-to-stop-squinting-at-the-web-1o4c <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F56nqj0tkm83xfv7u4k2c.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2F56nqj0tkm83xfv7u4k2c.png" alt=" " width="800" height="490"></a>We've all been there. You open an article, a documentation page, or a research paper — and the font is tiny, the line spacing is suffocating, or the contrast is just... bad. You squint, you zoom in, you lose the layout. It's frustrating.<br> So I built <strong>Typly</strong>.</p> <h2> What it does </h2> <p>Typly is a lightweight Chrome extension that lets you customize typography on any website — per HTML tag.<br> whatever you want. You can adjust:</p> <ul> <li>Font size</li> <li>Font family</li> <li>Line height</li> <li>Text color</li> </ul> <p>Changes happen in real-time, and you can save presets to reuse your favorite styles across different sites.</p> <h2> Why per-tag? </h2> <p>Most browser zoom tools change everything at once and break page layouts. With Typly, you're surgical. Want just the body text bigger but keep the headings as-is? Done. Want to swap a site's tiny sans-serif body font for something more readable? Two clicks.</p> <h2> Who it's for </h2> <p>I built it primarily for myself — I spend a lot of time reading documentation and long-form articles, and I got tired of fighting with poorly designed websites. But it turns out it's also genuinely useful for:</p> <p>People with dyslexia or low vision who need specific font adjustments<br> Developers and designers testing typography on live pages<br> Students and researchers reading for hours at a stretch</p> <h2> What I learned building it </h2> <p>Getting per-tag style injection to work cleanly across wildly different websites was harder than I expected. Sites with aggressive CSS specificity (!important everywhere, shadow DOM components) pushed me to rethink the injection approach a few times. The real-time preview also required some careful debouncing so it doesn't hammer the DOM on every keystroke.</p> <h2> Try it </h2> <p>If you spend any meaningful time reading on the web, give it a shot:<br> <a href="https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/typly/kmpnhejhcioalinojaaafghnafbgkdgo" rel="noopener noreferrer">Typly on the Chrome Web Store</a><br> It's free, collects zero data, and weighs in at just 1.26MB.</p> <p><a href="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbmgu7qy28r9utx97k78i.png" class="article-body-image-wrapper"><img src="https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=800%2Cheight=%2Cfit=scale-down%2Cgravity=auto%2Cformat=auto/https%3A%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Farticles%2Fbmgu7qy28r9utx97k78i.png" alt=" " width="800" height="490"></a></p> <p>Would love feedback — especially from anyone who uses it for accessibility purposes. What features would make it more useful for you?</p> showdev webdev opensource chrome