two issues – picture quality and a light letter

  • I have two issues –

    1) my photos appear soft and a bit out of focus. this is a problem – I’m a photographer! I’ve tried using different picture sizes, including 650 pixels wide. the same images on my website (Smugmug based) are tack sharp and really pop.

    2) just recently, the letter w, lower case, is light – it looks grey rather than black.

    you can see both issues in my blog post of today –

    https://blog.blakerobinsonphotography.com/two-great-guys

    thanks in advance for any help. Blake

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  • Hi Blake,

    WordPress compresses media images automatically to improve load speed and save bandwidth. In your case, it is not a good thing. What’s great is that you can change this behaviour by creating a child theme , creating a new function.php file in it and adding
    add_filter('jpeg_quality', function($arg){return 100;});

    in it. You’ll then need to reupload your images and they will be crisp.

    Let me know if you need more help.

    The issue with the w should be resolved by switching to another font. Your theme probably support this otherwise you’ll need to add

    body {
font-family: [SomeFont];
}

    to your style.css file.

    Do a quick search for “Website font combinations” and you should get plenty of great ideas which will boost your design

    Thread Starter Blake Robinson

    (@blake-robinson)

    Hi Thimothe,

    thanks so much! this is helpful. the person who designed my blog has a new job. I’m pretty weak at this stuff. I’ll have to find a new WordPress expert to implement. If you do this or know someone who does, please email me at [ redacted, support is offered via the forums and not via email ]

    thanks again, really appreciate your help.

    Hi Blake,

    I sent you an email regarding your needs. I’m glad it was useful.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    Please do not post emails or use these forums for contacting people. That is not how support is offered in these forums.

    https://codex.www.ads-software.com/Forum_Welcome#Helping_Out

    Thread Starter Blake Robinson

    (@blake-robinson)

    OK – sorry, Jan. I’m a neophyte in this forum.

    Moderator Jan Dembowski

    (@jdembowski)

    Forum Moderator and Brute Squad

    We’re good. ??

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