font for the blog [Archive]

Jeremy

07-31-2007, 12:21 AM

IMO it is a bit hard on the eyes. It seems a tad small and sharp. The bulleted or blockquoted or whatever text that is even a bit smaller is pretty tough on my resolution.

It could be just me, but for some reason it seems like I have to strain to keep focused on it :)

HAWK

07-31-2007, 03:16 AM

Are you talking about the font on your GenX blog?

Jeremy

07-31-2007, 03:23 AM

no, the blog here

elfreakz

07-31-2007, 04:04 AM

the fonts are ok with my 1024x768 resolution.. whats ur resolution jeremy?

Jeremy

07-31-2007, 04:07 AM

1680x1050 most of the time. But for example, the font here in the forums is perfect reading, but the blog font is killing me.

BPartch

07-31-2007, 04:20 AM

I like the blog font, though (if you use FF) you can change it to whatever you like with this plug in: http://userstyles.org/stylish/

Then create a style sheet for the blog portion of this site and add:
body {
font-family: Verdana, Sans-Serif !important;
}...in there. Change Verdana to whatever font you want to use, I suppose the Sans-Serif part is pointless, as you will be using a font that you do have installed but I added it anyway. :)

Jeremy

07-31-2007, 04:37 AM

That's true, and that is a good plugin to have. I'm just not sure Century Gothic is an optimal font from a readiblity point of view. Of course I could just be getting old and need to wear my glasses... :o

HAWK

07-31-2007, 04:51 AM

Oh! I didn't even notice that there was a blog.

I quite like the font. It's a less heavy than this one. I guess that makes it a bit harder to read.

elfreakz

07-31-2007, 05:37 AM

Oh! I didn't even notice that there was a blog.

I quite like the font. It's a less heavy than this one. I guess that makes it a bit harder to read.

wow thanks for that plugin :)

Jelena

07-31-2007, 06:48 AM

Yes, I would agree that the font could be different. It is hard to read mostly on parts where lists are, and font is smaller. Ctrl + + for reading :)

ses5909

07-31-2007, 11:52 AM

Thanks for the feedback. I tried to make the font a little bit larger (1.05 em) and there shouldn't be a difference in font size now. Let me know if that helps.

I did like using a different font but if it scares people away I might need to switch to verdana.

t(-.-t)

07-31-2007, 01:48 PM

futura looks better than century gothic