Change default font?

[jtwhite]

Tahoma just looks stupid.


Verdana looks so much better. Is there a way to force VB to use Verdana?

 

[adamparkzer]

Is the font really that important?

-___-

 

[jtwhite]

Yes, to me anyway. I like things to look perfect and Tahoma looks so disproportional to me. Plus I have a mild case of OCD (or just wanting things to be perfect). I'm thinking about making a Firefox addon which makes everything Verdana, haha.

 

[ah-blabla]

In the current font it's sometimes hard to see 1.0 as in one point zero. The point just runs into the 1 when typing a message in. (I.e. the bottom of the 1 is just extended, instead of a point appearing.) All other numbers are fine, e.g 2.0, 3.0 etc. So yes, there is a valid point (pardon the pun)behind changing font.

 

[jtwhite]

In the current font it's sometimes hard to see 1.0 as in one point zero. The point just runs into the 1 when typing a message in. (I.e. the bottom of the 1 is just extended, instead of a point appearing.) All other numbers are fine, e.g 2.0, 3.0 etc. So yes, there is a valid point (pardon the pun)behind changing font.

Yes, exactly.

 

[masshuu]

greasemonkey + javascript to change css class font?

 

[galaxyAbstractor]

Get stylish, then:

@namespace url(http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml);

@-moz-document domain("forums.x10hosting.com") {

body {
font-family:Verdana !important;
}

.alt1pb {
font-family:Verdana !important;
}
}

 

[nicnic92]

is font really that important?

 

[Mr. DOS]

Am I really seeing a bunch of web designers/developers sitting around asking if the choice of font is really that important? I'm ashamed of you guys

--- Mr. DOS

 

[masshuu]

I don't have an issue with Tahoma, yes font is important but at this point its more user preference.

 

[ah-blabla]

Actually, I have tried a few fonts, and Tahoma seems to fit best here (or maybe I'm just used to it). The only problem is the design of the 1, which runs into points and commas. 1,0 and 1.0 for example. So, I'm not sure what's best.

 

[leafypiggy]

I think it looks fine, though I do like Verdana. It looks fine, and fits the skin.

 

[jtwhite]

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I can't believe this wasn't 100% agreement.

 

[adamparkzer]

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I can't believe this wasn't 100% agreement.

lol People probably just don't care

 

[Sharky]

pfft, you're ALL WRONG.

http://sharkyonline.co.cc/-/0911/verdana.png
Just untick the box.

 

[ah-blabla]

pfft, you're ALL WRONG.

http://sharkyonline.co.cc/-/0911/verdana.png
Just untick the box.

Doesn't make us wrong, just ignorant. I was using GreaseMonkey to change fonts... :nuts: (Do all browser's support such settings?)

Ps. I like that Gnome theme.

 

[jtwhite]

Ps. I like that Gnome theme.

Ehh, it's alright but I like the default better.

Sharky, where did you find that theme?

 

[ah-blabla]

Ehh, it's alright but I like the default better.

Sharky, where did you find that theme?

I used that theme on Debian Etch, where it was in gnome-theme-extras , ("back in the days..."), it's called Gorilla, more info here. (Ok, I'm not called sharky, but I'm kinda answering the question .)

Back on topic: I still vote for a font change, since even though we can change it, most people don't, and suffer from unclear 1 point 0s and so on. (I'm actually using serif btw, since it somehow agrees with my eyes more when staring at a screen for long enough.)

 

[Sharky]

See, I get the impression from you voting for a font change that somehow you got the idea that this is a democracy.
And Firefox/IE supports that setting, as does Opera. It's a common 'accessibility' setting, so you can change all the fonts to "OCR A Extended" if you really wanted, to make it easier to read.

 

[xav0989]

How about Comic Sans MS... or Andales Mono... or Consolas? How about we simply don't change anything?
BTW, I have no problem with 1.0s maybe it's your screen resolution or PPI.