Announcement Font Update

[Art Andrews]

Just a quick note that there were a number of inconsistencies and legibility issues within our fonts across the site that were creating problems for members across different platforms. We have made an update that should have corrected this issue and our font now should be considerably more consistent across platforms and should be more legible at differing sizes as well.

Most of you probably won't even notice the change as it is relatively minor, but we wanted to mention it in case anyone does notice and wonders what happened.

 

[Rylo]

Is it smaller? Text seems smaller and almost muddy. Looks terribly faint on my screen, right now. Darken the sumbitch up a little.

 

[Art Andrews]

It isn't smaller. We haven't changed the size or color. It is slightly less wide font but that is all.

In regard to color, it is already almost black; #222222.

 

[VilleLeskinen]

Ok, so this will take some time to get used to :lol It just seems...wrong...

 

[Art Andrews]

Ok, so this will take some time to get used to :lol It just seems...wrong...

It is sad to note that we have all gotten used to a very inconsistent font layout to the point that a consistent one now seems a bit odd.

 

[VilleLeskinen]

I would assume that the readability on phones and other smaller screen devices would be much better now. :thumbsup

 

[Art Andrews]

I would assume that the readability on phones and other smaller screen devices would be much better now. :thumbsup

Yes sir... as well as between Macs and PCs (as much as possible).

 

[jcoffman99]

It isn't smaller. We haven't changed the size or color. It is slightly less wide font but that is all.

In regard to color, it is already almost black; #222222.

There's something about this that's so black, it's like how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.

 

[BlobVanDam]

I noticed the change right away because I have no life, and on my PC it's an improvement (the only device I browse the forum on). :thumbsup
There seems to be more difference in font weight between the bold and regular font now too, and the font looks a bit more legible (not that there was a legibility problem before). I like it!

 

[ghostryder]

Looks much sharper and cleaner here - thumbs up.

 

[Alan Castillo]

Looks much sharper and cleaner here - thumbs up.

Same here :thumbsup

 

[Art Andrews]

Thank goodness. We still have a couple of people who are having problems... actually MORE problems with the new font, so I am glad it is better for at least a few of you.

 

[masterjedi322]

I logged in this morning, and the first thing I thought was, "oh they tweaked the font."

'Looks good to me!

Sean

 

[YenChih Lin]

The readability totally great!

 

[Philly]

I thought it had changed but didn't want to ask after my last thread asking if it had changed :lol

 

[ghostryder]

Yeah, it's a lot more sharp here (two Macs), and way easier on the eyes... The "fuzzy" is gone...