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what happened to the font? — Brooklynian

what happened to the font?

sweet tea
sweet tea
edited November -1 in Site Issues
it is just my browser? suddenly most of the site is sans-serif (and hard to read, imo).

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  • brooklynmom
    brooklynmom
    It's like that for me today on Firefox, but I like it
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    I HATES IT!!!
  • meredithb
    meredithb
    I likes it

    Enough with those ostentatious serifs!
  • MOD
    MOD
    I like it. Though that One Brooklyn Bridge Park ad is Huge!

    That's a whole other thing though....
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    It's a horrible font for this type of forum. Not sure who in their right mind would think otherwise.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    serifs guide the eye and make fast reading easier. it ain't ostentation to do a job well.
  • [Deleted User]
    [Deleted User]
    I dig it... for a while all the ads went away too. It was wonderful!
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    ...although now i'm forgetting if the old font had serifs. did it? (i feel like i've forgotten my mother's face!)
  • toadette
    toadette
    I thought the old font didn't have serifs but wasn't as condensed/narrow as this one is. More like how the menu appears here - http://web.archive.org/web/20080108060325rn_2/www.brooklynian.com/forums/

    But I might be remembering wrong.
  • whynot_31
    whynot_31
    I kinda like the new font, but when will the time be fixed?
  • MOD
    MOD
    I think the PC people might be seeing something else. Have you tried resetting your View or Zoom?
  • MOD
    MOD
    The time might be off due to your profile settings. Go into profile and look at the Timezone: should be set at GMT -4 hours.
  • danielle123
    danielle123
    Mamacita wrote: I like it. Though that One Brooklyn Bridge Park ad is Huge!

    That's a whole other thing though....

    I went to an art cocktail party they had a couple of months ago in a few of the empty condos they have for sale. The condos are gorgeous and the views magnificant. However, my friend noticed that the windows in one of the condos for sale that faces the BQE and is level with it had bulletholes in them. (I guess people shooting from their cars.) Scary.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    We never have had serifs. The new font is Helvetica and lots of forums 'in their right mind' use it. IMO it's 10x better than verdana, the former font. I can see if there is a Helvetica font that is more 'readable' but I find the current font easier to read frankly. Willing to look at other fonts if you want to recommend, but there is a very limited palette of web-safe fonts (those which any browser can display ).
  • anastasia beaverhausen
    anastasia beaverhausen
    oohh, well don't I feel foolish. ::roll::
  • MOD
    MOD
    You may need to adjust your font size just one size up if you think it's too narrow. Depends on screens and preferences, just an assumption.
  • carnivore
    carnivore
    I have Firefox set to display all pages using Futura.

    I know web designer hate people like me, but I just prefer it.
  • sweet tea
    sweet tea
    Mamacita wrote: You may need to adjust your font size just one size up if you think it's too narrow. Depends on screens and preferences, just an assumption.
    i've tried. it's a proportion thing. i just find this much harder to read quickly than the former font. but whatever. i will try not to make a federal case of it.

    ETA: i find helvetica very pretty and therefore nice for titles and such. i just have issues with it as body-text. but you cannot please all of the people very much of the time at all.

    i stand corrected about the serifs. well, really i sort of slouch corrected. :wink:
  • MOD
    MOD
    :D
  • squindar
    squindar
    Carnivore wrote:
    I know web designer hate people like me, but I just prefer it.
    "hate" might be too strong a word, but yes. yes we do.
  • toadette
    toadette
    sweet tea wrote: it's a proportion thing. i just find this much harder to read quickly than the former font. but whatever. i will try not to make a federal case of it.

    ETA: i find helvetica very pretty and therefore nice for titles and such. i just have issues with it as body-text. but you cannot please all of the people very much of the time at all.
    +1
    I think it looks great on the menus and user names and stuff, but I feel like I can't skim posts as quickly as I could before.
  • dailyheights
    dailyheights
    hey, I did some poking around. I can actually make this a user preference. in other words, default to Helvetica, the best font (lollllz) and you can change user preferences using a cookie. stay tuned....

    [] Use Best Font
    [] Use Crappy Verdana Font
  • hatemail
    hatemail
    Solid choice! For the Helvetica haters out there:
    http://www.netflix.com/Movie/Helvetica/70076125
  • brokechick
    brokechick
    i saw that movie in a theater (there were three other people there, and one fell asleep), and it only made me hate helvetica more. every time i see it i narrow my eyes and grumble. it has become my newman.
  • jeffrey
    jeffrey
    Carnivore wrote: I have Firefox set to display all pages using Futura.

    I know web designer hate people like me, but I just prefer it.
    Don't look now, Carny and DH, but...uh...

    http://www.idsgn.org/posts/ikea-says-goodbye-to-futura/
    After 50 years of the iconic Futura typeface, IKEA has made a switch to… Verdana?
    Before / After examples at the article linked above.
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