Several people have commented that this site is harder to read now, because of the change in typeface and the white background. One solution is to zoom the page and make everything a little easier to read.
In Internet Explorer or Firefox, select the window or browser tab containing the page you want to zoom, hold down the Ctrl key, and move the mouse wheel – forward to make the page larger, back to make it smaller, If you don’t have a mouse wheel, you can click the Change Zoom Level button in the lower right corner of the IE7 window and select a percentage. Or, in either IE or Firefox, press Ctrl+[plus sign] or Ctrl+[hyphen] to zoom in or out.
To return the zoom level to normal size, press Ctrl+0 (that’s a zero). Update: As Alex Danvy points out in the comments, you can’t use the 0 on the numeric keypad for this; you have to use the zero on the row of numbers above the QWERTY row. Or you can use Ctrl+[asterisk], but only if you use the asterisk on the numeric keypad, not the one above the number 8 on the number row of the keyboard. Thanks. Alex!
Zooming affects only the current page, isn’t persistent, and can be undone any time. Some pages look very strange when zoomed, but those built using a decent style sheet should look just fine zoomed a few clicks in either direction.
Ed Bott 
Thanks for a pretty cool tip!
I’m using the default IE7 on a 20″ FP and it looks good as long as “Cleartype” is enabled.
Tried it with it disabled and was hard to read.
Maybe some of your readers aren’t familiar with it.
Pete
Hi, I’m using the Windows Vista RC1 here and to get back to 100% zoom, I have to use CTRL+* and not CTRL+0
Alex
Alex, I’m using IE7 on Vista RC1 and it works just fine. You need to be using the zero on the top rows of numbers, not on the numeric keypad. As you point out, Ctrl+[asterisk] works, but only if you use the asterisk on the numeric keypad. The one above the number 8 on the top row doesn’t work.
I’ve updated the tip. Thanks for pointing this out.
I notice that I can zoom several sizes smaller, but only one size larger. The interesting thing about the larger case is the type shows as heavier. I’ve noticed that with other fonts at different sizes too. Something in-between would be just right.
Concerning the effective change in contrast with the white background, I noticed that I started to lose accuity as I scrolled down a longer post here, something other commenters have noticed. What’s odd is that my sites all have white backgrounds (though I usually use navy-blue text) and the same situation is visible there in the default fonts that I leave up to the browser.
I think some of this has to do with my own vision (68-year-old eyes) and having mild cataracts (enough so glare is a problem).
So,
I must find and enable the latest cleartype, to see how that helps, and
I need to review my site and blog designs to make sure that my choice of white background and default-font selections is working (and that major resizing is possible by users who choose to do so in their browsers).
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PPS: Actually, in IE6, View | Text Size | Larger is just right for me. I suspect enabling Cleartype will also improve the experience with my ViewSonic LCD monitor. So, from Text Size | Medium (the default, I think), there are two levels of larger zoom. The extra-heaviness only shows up at Text Size | Largest.
I like the new presentation. The white background is quite welcome for me–I’m not color-blind, yet I find it quite tiring having to read colored text or text on a colored background.
For the Zoom option, I use Firefox and I have set a mouse gesture for it (using the All-in-one Gestures extension): up-right-up-right. So I just draw a right-oriented staircase on the screen, and this makes the text larger. To make the text smaller, I use the corresponding down-left-down-left gesture. Mouse gestures are so addictive I sometimes attempt to use them with Word or Excel…