_Chris
October 5, 2017, 9:44am
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It seems the font used for the forum was changed lately?
The current font is very hard to read for me, which makes it nearly impossible to read longer posts in this forum. It is too bold and blurred.
Is there any reason for this change? Can the font be changed back to the old one (or to another font with better legibility)?
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Stefan
October 5, 2017, 10:08am
2
If you are using Windows, search for ClearType, turn it on and do the test to improve the sharpness of your screen.
I have reported that the font is too bold in my opinion, but is is not blurred at all here.
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_Chris
October 5, 2017, 11:47am
3
I donāt use Windows (Linux only) and I donāt have this problem with other fonts on my computer.
Thanks for reporting it!
DjDas
October 5, 2017, 12:24pm
4
Not blurry but too much bold also for me, I donāt find it comfortable for long threads reading
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Roboe
October 5, 2017, 1:18pm
5
Debian testing user here (GNOME desktop). I also feel that the font is a little more diffuse and harder to read. It can be read, but itās harder to, IMO.
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Stefan
October 5, 2017, 2:50pm
6
Compare it to your FP. It looks fine here on my FP1 / Fennec F-Droid.
Iām still getting used to it. If I end up not liking it, Iāll probably end up writing a greasemonkey script to override it to something more comfortable.
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Stefan
October 5, 2017, 3:17pm
8
font-weight: 300
looks fine (like the top navigation bar āPhone Story Community Supportā).
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lklaus
October 5, 2017, 3:48pm
9
I also think the characters are too small and i donāt find it easy legible (on FP2)
_Chris
October 5, 2017, 4:40pm
10
I installed the Firefox addon Stylus and created a new style for forum.fairphone.com with just the following code:
.topic-body {
font-weight: 300 !important;
}
Legibility is fine now, so thanks for the suggestion!
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Roboe
October 6, 2017, 12:24am
11
I think it renders a different font. To me it seems more narrower in mobile (Fennec on FP2),
Edit: Yes, responsive design. Ctrl + Shift + M on Firefox Desktop, input a width of 700px and then a width of 600 and youāll notice the differences.
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Stefan
October 6, 2017, 3:11pm
12
No difference here, other than the font size:
Roboe
October 6, 2017, 10:05pm
13
Weird, I donāt see now either a narrower font, just a size change, as you said. Misteries of live web development! Hahaha
Douwe
October 16, 2017, 10:08am
14
You can choose the older, default Discourse, theme in your user profile preferences under āInterfaceā and āThemeā.
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Thanks, it works!
Although I started to worry a little bit when I saved my changes and got to see this
Stefan
October 16, 2017, 11:25am
16
Itās definitely better for mobile. I bet Iāll again be able to see what I type in the āCreate topicā-editor.
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Douwe
October 16, 2017, 1:42pm
17
Did it get better when you cleared your cache?
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it got better when I returned to the mail page of the forum
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Roboe
October 17, 2017, 11:47am
19
Thank you! Being able to choose is great,
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Douwe
October 18, 2017, 2:26pm
20
On my screen the font is now thinner and easier to read.
How is it on your side?
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