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[fufufishie]

http://www.fufufishie.com/

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[JonHMChan]

You can account for the "crowdedness" by three things that you can fix pretty easily:

1. Increase the margins and padding. Make it so that your text does not go up against the divs or table elements that you have so that it gives your content more room to "breathe". This is what contributes the most to its condensed feel. Give your box elements 10px - 15px margins and paddding and you should see a dramatic improvement.

2. Increase font size and decrease the number of fonts used. Right now you have two different fonts that are being used: a serif and a sans-serif. Stick to one. I would recommend you stick to the sans-serif since you're emulating a twitter/clean look that matches the graphics you are using. In addition, the kind of look you are going for focuses on the distinct trait of user-friendliness. In general, larger fonts are better for that purpose. Take a look at twitter yourself and you'll see what I mean.

3. Decrease contrast. Like Maccabee said, the contrast for your layout is too high. Set your gray to a much lighter gray (I use a HEX value of #666). That should make it much easier on the eyes.

Try those three things out and they should provide a dramatic improvement.