Is the New Font Less Readable and More Decorative?

[Greg Bernhardt]

Don't know if that is intentional.

I see that too. Must have missed something.

 

[Samy_A]

I have the impression that the font size in the edit box is smaller than it was.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I have the impression that the font size in the edit box is smaller than it was.

Bizarre since I never touched anything with the editor

 

[Samy_A]

Bizarre since I never touched anything with the editor

And now is again larger, as it was before.
Maybe it is not the font size but the change from sans serif->serif->sans serif that gave me that impression.

Anyway, it's good now (for me at least), thanks.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

...
Actually, as I'm typing this, I see that the font in the composition box is still serif. Don't know if that is intentional.

Back to PT Sans. Oddly I just cycled through some very common Google fonts. Not sure why they didn't work here.

I think it works

<link href="//fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=PT+Sans:400,600" rel="stylesheet" type="text/css">

html{...
font-size:16px;font-family:'PT Sans',san-serif;line-height:1.5;...}

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

And now is again larger, as it was before.

I did increase by 1pt. Did you like the size before at 15pt? Personally I have my browser zoom set to 110% so before the text was too small for me to read easily.

 

[Samy_A]

I did increase by 1pt. Did you like the size before at 15pt? Personally I have my browser zoom set to 110% so before the text was too small for me to read easily.

It's fine now, but thanks for the 110% tip. Just applied that too and it makes it much better for me.

 

[Yashbhatt]

Source Pro seems a bit denser

Source Pro
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PT Sans
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Source Pro wins among the ones mentioned here.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

It's fine now, but thanks for the 110% tip. Just applied that too and it makes it much better for me.

So I'm confused, you think at 100% the post text is still too small?

 

[Samy_A]

So I'm confused, you think at 100% the post text is still too small?

No, sorry for the confusion. It's fine now, also at 100%. But, without any connection to your tweaking of the website, I now noticed that I like it more at 110%.

 

[phinds]

I did increase by 1pt. Did you like the size before at 15pt? Personally I have my browser zoom set to 110% so before the text was too small for me to read easily.

I'm w/ you Greg. I found the old a bit hard so magnified my browser

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

I'm w/ you Greg. I found the old a bit hard so magnified my browser

How about now as I increased it by 1pt from yesterday?

 

[phinds]

How about now as I increased it by 1pt from yesterday?

Can't tell w/o side by side since although I have a memory like an elephant, I keep forgetting where I put the peanuts and I'm not sure where I have my browser settings vs where they were when I changed them to make PF a bit more readable. I certainly can't remember anything from as way far back as yesterday

I can say that whatever it is now, it works so quit screwing around and go do something useful like drinking beer.

 

[Psinter]

My feedback is that I like it now.

EDIT: The g of Greg is still a little cutted off. But I still like it now.

 

[Silicon Waffle]

I also see the forums texts by default are a little small. I have to zoom them into get a better view. I find the body text looks good at size of 15px. And Greg can show his g part that is being cut off if the username's top value becomes smaller. Come on Greg! Show us your "g" please.

 

[phinds]

I also see the forums texts by default are a little small. I have to zoom them into get a better view. I find the body text looks good at size of 15px. And Greg can show his g part that is being cut off if the username's top value becomes smaller. Come on Greg! Show us your "g" please.

Oh, god no, not his g. I really don't want to see his g.

 

[Psinter]

I don't get it phinds.

To be honest, in between all the font changes at one point I thought it said: Greq. And almost made a thread to ask whether it was Greg or Greq because I felt something was off.

 

[phinds]

I don't get it phinds.

To be honest, in between all the font changes at one point I thought it said: Greq. And almost made a thread to ask whether it was Greg or Greq because I felt something was off.

Uh ... you need to lighten up. Not everything is meant seriously.

 

[Psinter]

Uh ... you need to lighten up. Not everything is meant seriously.

Ah, now I can laugh at it. Hahaha! I read it now and it's funny, for real.

 

[jim mcnamara]

I see this with BOTH browsers (IE11 & Chome) and have for quite a while. Cleared cookies for both. Descenders for lettters are not there. No biggie.

 

[Greg Bernhardt]

The equation pushes the bottom line down. In general latex should not be in titles

 

[jim mcnamara]

Thank you, that clears up something.