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  • juvesatrianijuvesatriani Posts: 556

    Good font choice . Easy on eye especially for long  post or reply 

  • jakibluejakiblue Posts: 7,281

    I quite like the font. it's nice and...."rounded" (no idea how to describe it) It feels weird to realise that I'm actually liking something daz has done recently laugh

  • Silent WinterSilent Winter Posts: 3,766

    New font does take up more space - which expands my already full sig-line beyond what I'd consider polite ad-space. I wonder if mods can confirm if my sig needs to be clipped as a result of changes?

    McGyver said:

    So... just asking for a friend... was Comic Sans on the table too at any point?

     I'm gonna guess no, lol

  • The Blurst of TimesThe Blurst of Times Posts: 2,410

    New font is a little too wide for my tastes. Too spread out. The boldface look makes it more readable for me.

    Honestly, I would have preferred Comic Sans. It reads pretty easy aside from being used for totally inappropriate things.

  • Noah LGPNoah LGP Posts: 2,617
    edited August 2021

    I'm waiting for a Dark Mode for sensitive eyes, it would be more interesting than a new font.

    Note: At work we use "Work Sans" https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Work+Sans

     

    Post edited by Noah LGP on
  • NorthOf45NorthOf45 Posts: 5,551

    Too sparse, leaves too much whitespace. Someone said snowblind? That's exactly what it's like.

  • AllenArtAllenArt Posts: 7,172
    edited August 2021

    I think the new font is harder to read. It shows as smaller. It's also "finer". Does Daz realize the mean age of it's forum participants? Or is this exactly why the font was changed to this? LOL

    Laurie

    Post edited by AllenArt on
  • magog_a4eb71abmagog_a4eb71ab Posts: 769

    AllenArt said:

    I think the new font is harder to read. It shows as smaller.

    Laurie

    Completely 100% agree in regards to being harder to read when compared to the previous font, and my vision is damn near 20/20 when it comes to reading stuff. This new font reminds me of a freakin printer that is running low on ink or has some kind of issue with printing consistency. As was already pointed out, its not an ideal font to use at that size and for this particular purpose, unless your goal is to give people eyestrain, migraine headaches, or make them not want to use the forums... For crying out loud, stick to the original font and call it a day...

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,238
    edited August 2021

    McGyver said:

    So... just asking for a friend... was Comic Sans on the table too at any point?

    ..+1

    I acually would expect "A Charming Font" which sort of fits with all the fantasy & horror content here. 

    Post edited by kyoto kid on
  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,238

    Noah LGP said:

    I'm waiting for a Dark Mode for sensitive eyes, it would be more interesting than a new font.

    Note: At work we use "Work Sans" https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Work+Sans

     

    ...definitely  +1 on the dark mode.  

    So I wonder what was wrong with Arial as it is the usual standard font for most documents. 

  • JOdelJOdel Posts: 6,288
    edited August 2021

    Arial and Helvetica are really similar. But this appears to be set to a smaller default point size. 

    Traditionally web pags tried to use fonts that were already installed on most of the presumed audience's computers. But with webfonts availble that may no longer be the case.

    It could be a lot worse, but if modern web design is supposed to be so damned flexible and responsive, there ought to be some way for the audience to choose what they are going to be looking at.

    Post edited by JOdel on
  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,922
    Glad it is not just my tablet playing up. This spread out font makes multiple quote posts much more likely to show as a stack of single words to a line in portrait mode which is remarkably irritating. Going to have to turn the brightness down a bit on the screen. All-in-all it feels a bit like I'm being asked to read a child's first reader with spread out words so as not to frighten the child off. Personally, I thought I was an adult who could read. Glad someone prefers it, 'cause I don't.
  • ioonrxoonioonrxoon Posts: 894

    This is simply painful to look at.

  • namffuaknamffuak Posts: 4,187

    Very much not a fan of this font -- WAY too much space between lines, looks too 'wide' as well.

    Reminds me of the days when Burroughs supplied system documentation in print format on tape - eight lines per inch double-spaced. At least they had an excuse - their drum printers never synced the print hammers properly so the lines were all wavy.

    I may kill some time tomorrow looking for a browser add-on that will let me override the font selection on specific sites.

  • MadaMada Posts: 2,024

    I use this extention to get a dark background for pages in chrome - so much easier on the eyes
    https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/dark-reader/eimadpbcbfnmbkopoojfekhnkhdbieeh

  • kyoto kidkyoto kid Posts: 41,238

    ...the first computer I worked on was a burroughs 6700.  We still had teletype terminals. 

  • akmerlowakmerlow Posts: 1,124

    I wonder if those who are OK with it are browsing from mobile/tablet and not desktop PC with monitor.

     

  • GordigGordig Posts: 10,185

    akmerlow said:

    I wonder if those who are OK with it are browsing from mobile/tablet and not desktop PC with monitor.

    I don't have a problem with it on either.

  • nicsttnicstt Posts: 11,715

    I really don't like the font and any realted changes that have affected the readability.

    I have colour-defective vision, and damage to an eye from metal fragments.

    It makes it much, much harder to read.

  • akmerlowakmerlow Posts: 1,124

    Also.

    Notifications numbers are now so tiny !!!

  • AtiAti Posts: 9,143

    Main shop page ( https://www.daz3d.com/shop/ ) banner arrows are no longer in the middle of their circles.

  • BejaymacBejaymac Posts: 1,897

    I've been using the same dark mode extention as Mada for a while now, it's much easier on the old eyes than white backgrounds. as a result the font change doesn't look too bad to me.

  • HoroHoro Posts: 10,824
    edited August 2021

    I find the font nice but unfortunate. The width to height ratio is not ideal, too wide but not enough height. The new line looks like a paragraph, lines should not be separated by more than 1.2, perhaps 1.5 but not 2. The readability is not optimal. There are reasons why Arial, Helvetica or sans-serif are used for most web pages: readability.

    Post edited by Horo on
  • Carola OCarola O Posts: 3,823

    This new font actually gives me a headache :( and on top of that I just find it harder to read, feels less smooth for me

  • richardandtracyrichardandtracy Posts: 5,922
    akmerlow said:

    I wonder if those who are OK with it are browsing from mobile/tablet and not desktop PC with monitor.

     

    Tablet here and not wildly enjoying the experience.

  • mcorrmcorr Posts: 1,094

    PerttiA said:

    The new font is too wide, makes it more difficult to read and wastes space (I hate space being wasted angry)

     

    +1 right on the mark

  • WendyLuvsCatzWendyLuvsCatz Posts: 38,582
    edited August 2021

    you can still do lines Kyoto Kid, between the table creator and the omega extra symbols icons

    typewriter

    computer code

    <kbd>keyboard phrase</kbd>

    <kbd><samp>sample text</samp></kbd>

    Post edited by WendyLuvsCatz on
  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,497

    I like the new font (I was always a fan of Apple's old 'Avantgarde', which looked a lot like this one), but it's way too small and too fine. It seems to be a fashion at the moment to make fonts almost disappear. Why not no font at all then?

  • doubledeviantdoubledeviant Posts: 1,186
    Reading and skimming threads tonight, I've found the new font to be an improvement. It's nice and big on mobile browsers and seems quite a bit easier on the eyes.

    Perhaps it's simply sized too small on the desktop version of the site? I only visit on PC when I'm downloading something.
  • caravellecaravelle Posts: 2,497

    doubledeviant said:

    Reading and skimming threads tonight, I've found the new font to be an improvement. It's nice and big on mobile browsers and seems quite a bit easier on the eyes.

    Perhaps it's simply sized too small on the desktop version of the site? I only visit on PC when I'm downloading something.

    The forum texts are too small on my iPad; I didn't try it on my iMac.

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