User blog comment:Rupert Giles/Introducing Updated Global Navigation/@comment-5843134-20140924192947/@comment-856287-20140924210213

I think this "huge" navigation bar reflects a trend in web design that Wikia has been lagging behind for a loooong time. On my wiki (it's a test wiki, so ignore the errors), I set the base text-size to 16px, which is generally agreed to be the smallest body copy ought to get on a website. See [http://www.smashingmagazine.com/2011/10/07/16-pixels-body-copy-anything-less-costly-mistake/ 16 Pixels: For Body Copy. Anything Less Is A Costly Mistake], which made the case three years ago. The headers on my wiki are pretty huge too. ...at least compared to the old style of web typography where designers used the same 10pt type they were used to using in print projects. Online, type ought to be larger.

Anyway, you can agree or disagree, but I for one am glad Wikia is embracing these modern guidelines for type, and I think it will look quite nice on any wiki that embraces them as well. Maybe we'll see some new defaults for display of content soon as well. ...including 16px type :D