Does anyone find it ironic that the forum font used across Macrumors is Verdana, a Microsoft system font from the 1990s. I am aware of its readiblity at small sizes, high X height etc. But are there not any alternative Apple-esque or more modern fonts that could have been chosen?
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Macrumors forum font is Verdana
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Verdanna would certainly make sense if the Gate$ of HeII foundation, helps underwrite Macrumors??
Sorry coudn't resist.
Still I strongly suspect more than a few casual viewers visit via the dark side. Especially if they happen to be using a work computer. That would be a more rational explanation.
Sorry coudn't resist.Still I strongly suspect more than a few casual viewers visit via the dark side. Especially if they happen to be using a work computer. That would be a more rational explanation.
Garamond is a beautiful, elegant and exceptionally legible font, one that dates from the time of the Renaissance, but one which (well, a modified version of which) was used by Steve Jobs.
Personally, I love it, and would like to see it in widespread use.
Even worse, they also use Google's Material Design icons.
You have to license web fonts, which is probably not worth it for a forum where most of its traffic is from web searches.
You have to license web fonts, which is probably not worth it for a forum where most of its traffic is from web searches.
How about Raleway then?
fonts.google.com
Also looks great to me, and free to licence.
Raleway - Google Fonts
Raleway is an elegant sans-serif typeface family. Initially designed by Matt McInerney as a single thin weight, it was expanded into a 9 weight family by Pablo
fonts.google.com
Also looks great to me, and free to licence.
I wonder if the font has always been Verdana or not. At this point it's been so many years it's just text to me, I can't remember fonts very well. Could always take a look at the Web Archive for this.
also want to point out that Material Design is yucky. I use this site at 75% zoom because I feel the elements are too large by default. Text does get harder to read so I have to zoom it from time to time but not horrible. I often just use the Ctrl zoom on my Mac to do so.
also want to point out that Material Design is yucky. I use this site at 75% zoom because I feel the elements are too large by default. Text does get harder to read so I have to zoom it from time to time but not horrible. I often just use the Ctrl zoom on my Mac to do so.
Fair enough; however, Garamond works exceedingly well on the printed page (which is not the same thing as online, and works well as text).
Notwithstanding all that, font preferences are a very subjective matter of personal taste.
For example, I still like Times New Roman, but some see it as an old fashioned font.
Font preferences are also a matter of context. I like many fonts that would be useless for reading body text in a forum. So I'm curious what might work. A lot of the classic "A grade" fonts just collapse when used at small pt size on a webpage.
I'm currently viewing this website using the following .css script in the Stylus Extension, and it looks far better than the original:
@font-face {
font-family: "Verdana";
src: local("Raleway-Regular");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "Verdana";
src: local("Raleway-Bold");
font-weight: bold;
}
I'm currently viewing this website using the following .css script in the Stylus Extension, and it looks far better than the original:
@font-face {
font-family: "Verdana";
src: local("Raleway-Regular");
}
@font-face {
font-family: "Verdana";
src: local("Raleway-Bold");
font-weight: bold;
}
Didn't realize they had implemented HD on the forums too. Thanks for that, now I don't get the comically large white space.
Yes you are rightEven worse, they also use Google's Material Design icons.
You have to license web fonts, which is probably not worth it for a forum where most of its traffic is from web searches.