I get what you mean. It's not a big deal to me, but coming from something like old.reddit it's definitely not as nice IMO. Here is a sub that has some scripts you can use with the tampermonkey, etc. to change the appearance of the site. There's a guide Here with how to actually use them. Not a perfect solution, but if you're not intent on waiting (potentially for a while) it's your best bet to getting what you're looking for.
sh.itjust.works Main Community
Home of the sh.itjust.works instance.
Yeah, I expected to be left to my own devices on this, but I figured the community is small enough that I should try to start a discussion where I see the opportunity for one. Ultimately I ended up learning how to make an extension named Stylus override the font family and size on the website. I find a lighter and smaller font does wonders for readability. The width isn't really a problem on it's own - I didn't realize how much I had the website zoomed out just to address the font problem, and it's very comfortable at 100-110% standard width.
In case anyone wants to follow my footsteps, my Stylus rule is very simple and easily modified for other websites.
@-moz-document url-prefix("https://sh.itjust.works/") {
*{
font-family: b612;
font-size: small;
}
}
Unfortunately, I can't get the editor here to play nice with code blocks, but I think you can infer the correct indentation. My font of choice is b612, which was designed for readability in use on aircraft displays. Use your preferred font and modify the value of font-size as needed.
Check out https://sh.itjust.works/post/70273
this is the way.
I've updated it for mobile/handheld as well.