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Topic: Forum Font Change
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Admin
Director Posts: 13016 From: EvC Forum Joined: 06-14-2002 Member Rating: 1.9
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Message 1 of 23 (286357)
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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It's nice to change things up every once in a while. I've changed the forum's font from Verdana to Arial, which renders slightly smaller. Vote here to keep or revert back.
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JustinC
Member (Idle past 4865 days) Posts: 624 From: Pittsburgh, PA, USA Joined: 07-21-2003
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Message 2 of 23 (286359)
02-14-2006 5:30 AM
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My eyes! Oh God, change it back.
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Minnemooseus
Member Posts: 3945 From: Duluth, Minnesota, U.S. (West end of Lake Superior) Joined: 11-11-2001 Member Rating: 10.0
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Message 3 of 23 (286361)
02-14-2006 5:47 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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Font comparisons
All below font sizes the same:
This is the Arial font - Testing one, two, three. This is the Verdana font - Testing one, two, three. This is the Times New Roman font - Testing one, two, three. The Verdana font sure seems the nicest reading to me. Moose
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purpledawn
Member (Idle past 3478 days) Posts: 4453 From: Indiana Joined: 04-25-2004
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Message 4 of 23 (286362)
02-14-2006 5:55 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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No Problem
 Looks great Percy. No problems here.  ABE: Go back to Verdana. I don't really want to put my nose to the computer.  This message has been edited by purpledawn, 02-14-2006 08:32 AM
"Peshat is what I say and derash is what you say." --Nehama Leibowitz
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 5 of 23 (286363)
02-14-2006 6:11 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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Verdana, unlike Arial, was designed to be screen readable and it scores higher on readability and comprehension testing than Arial. Why would you want to switch to a less readable font?
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Modulous
Member Posts: 7801 From: Manchester, UK Joined: 05-01-2005
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Message 6 of 23 (286364)
02-14-2006 7:00 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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I was trying to work out what the fuss was about. Then I cleared my cache and went instantly blind. Well not really. A font change is all good, but now I have to ask my browser to increase the font size, something I had to already do on my laptop. I'd imagine it is now impossible to read on the laptop now. I vote for either a revert, or a change to something more readable.
Or increase the font size so that it becomes readable again
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This message has been edited by Modulous, Tue, 14-February-2006 12:04 PM
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Wounded King
Member Posts: 4149 From: Cincinnati, Ohio, USA Joined: 04-09-2003
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Message 7 of 23 (286372)
02-14-2006 8:28 AM
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02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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I'd vote for going back to Verdana. TTFN, WK
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Chiroptera
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Message 8 of 23 (286373)
02-14-2006 8:37 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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Seems fine to me. In fact, I wouldn't have noticed a difference if you hadn't said anything.
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Omnivorous
Member Posts: 3985 From: Adirondackia Joined: 07-21-2005 Member Rating: 7.1
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Message 9 of 23 (286375)
02-14-2006 8:43 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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Squint
I'm glad it turned out not to be my eyes. The font just doesn't seem as sharp--I guess it dropped below my eye-chart threshold. Maybe I just need to learn a new head angle to bring my progressives into optimal focus. But please bring back Verdana or bump the Arial size up a hair.
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 10 of 23 (286388)
02-14-2006 9:33 AM
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Reply to: Message 8 by Chiroptera
02-14-2006 8:37 AM
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Do a full refresh (ctrl-f5, usually) and you will notice it alright.
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Chiroptera
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Message 11 of 23 (286394)
02-14-2006 9:44 AM
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Reply to: Message 10 by Dr Jack
02-14-2006 9:33 AM
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Nope, I don't.
Minnemooseus has provided examples of the various fonts, and what he indicates is Arial is what I see.
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NosyNed
Member Posts: 9003 From: Canada Joined: 04-04-2003
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Message 12 of 23 (286401)
02-14-2006 9:51 AM
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Back Please Back
Try something other than Ariel and see how that works. I'd consider TNR.
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Dr Jack
Member Posts: 3514 From: Immigrant in the land of Deutsch Joined: 07-14-2003 Member Rating: 8.4
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Message 13 of 23 (286410)
02-14-2006 10:11 AM
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Reply to: Message 12 by NosyNed
02-14-2006 9:51 AM
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Re: Back Please Back
TNR is a bad choice. While Serif fonts score higher than San Serif on readability in print, they actually score lower for on screen use. What reason is there to change from Verdana?
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jar
Member (Idle past 415 days) Posts: 34026 From: Texas!! Joined: 04-20-2004
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Message 14 of 23 (286413)
02-14-2006 10:24 AM
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Reply to: Message 1 by Admin
02-14-2006 5:20 AM
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I'm old and near blind
Revert, revert, revert.
Aslan is not a Tame Lion
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Admin
Director Posts: 13016 From: EvC Forum Joined: 06-14-2002 Member Rating: 1.9
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Message 15 of 23 (286423)
02-14-2006 10:47 AM
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My motto has always been, "The more that fits the better," but I have reverted to Verdana. Some may find that your font hasn't reverted. This is because the fonts are under the control of a .css file, and some browsers only reload the .css file when they do a full refresh. Internet Exploret is one of these. If you click on the "refresh" button you should get the Verdana font back. Right-clicking and selecting "refresh" will not reload the .css file. I'm not sure how finicky FireFox is about reloading .css files, maybe Jar knows. Thanks for putting up with the experiment. Please let me know if you have any ideas for changes or improvements along the lines of colors of backgrounds, tables, text, links, borders, text size, etc. Nothing too dramatically different, though.
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