I don't think completely text websites have to look bad. E.g., my personal website looks pretty good with relatively little CSS:
https://goodlifeodyssey.com
Some of the formatting is a bit sophisticated too, e.g. for block quotes of poetry:
https://goodlifeodyssey.com/hesiod
I don't think completely text websites have to look bad. E.g., my personal website looks pretty good with relatively little CSS:
https://goodlifeodyssey.com
Some of the formatting is a bit sophisticated too, e.g. for block quotes of poetry:
https://goodlifeodyssey.com/hesiod