Yes but their bar is “readable” not “very readable by all without effort,” so I’m not sure why y’all find this so usage so objectionable. Yeah it wasn’t easy but I was definitely able to read the example text on my phone as-is/without zooming or anything.
The upper case letters are fine (impressive, considering the resolution), but there's no way I could read the lower case if I didn't already know the text.
Same for me! I could definitely understand the upper case text at 100% resolution on a 24" 1080p screen. The lower case text was terrible and nearly unreadable.
I was able to read the lower case on a 6.7” ~2.8k smartphone screen. I imagine they don’t expect literally every person to be able to read it on every machine. This feels rather nitpick-y.
On a 6.7" display, assuming 16:9, the screen is 5.8" wide. With 2.8k pixels across each pixel is 0.002 inches wide. I'm pretty sure you aren't viewing it at 100% resolution on the phone as each glyph would render as a nearly invisible dot.
But did you read it after reading the upper case? And are you an American?
It's the same text as the upper case version and it's the Declaration of Independence, which a lot of us know pretty well. I initially tricked myself into believing that I could read it until I got past the part that I knew well, at which point I realized that I wasn't reading it so much as using the shapes as a mnemonic to help remember it.
(As an aside, it's not nitpicky to say "I can't read this font that bills itself as the smallest readable font", it's just an expression of doubt as to the advertised qualities of the font.)
