boginspro Posted November 14, 2018 Share Posted November 14, 2018 It may be just me, my eyes are not what they were, but on some posts/comments I struggle to read them without zooming the page. I just wondered if the default font size could be increased slightly, I understand that this can be done using the size button when posting or editing but members with good eye sight will not think of doing so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Along with a slight increase in size, it may be an idea for the site designers to consider using a font designed especially for reading on a PC / Tablet screen? It appears the default font style on this site is ‘Helvetica’, which was designed for print, as it pre-dates the computer age (1957) The fonts Georgia (1993) and Verdana (1996) were designed specifically for reading on a screen, rather than print. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(typeface) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helvetica It may be worth trying three lines of text (... the quick brown fox.... etc.) in the three font styles and canvass opinion from members on their ‘readability’? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveHB Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 I think you are imagining things Here is a side by side comparison (firefox browser) with sheffieldforum.co.uk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Thanks @SteveHB That’s a perfect case in point, as the screenshot on the left is much more ‘readable’ at the same font size. Clearly they are different fonts (e.g. look at the lower case j’s) and I’m sure that the SH resident font is Helvetica. It would have been more obvious if the posts in both panels were identical. Does anyone else agree that the left is easier to read than the right? Question is, what the font on the left? Or am I imagining things?........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boginspro Posted November 15, 2018 Author Share Posted November 15, 2018 1 hour ago, RLongden said: Thanks @SteveHB That’s a perfect case in point, as the screenshot on the left is much more ‘readable’ at the same font size. Clearly they are different fonts (e.g. look at the lower case j’s) and I’m sure that the SH resident font is Helvetica. It would have been more obvious if the posts in both panels were identical. Does anyone else agree that the left is easier to read than the right? Question is, what the font on the left? Or am I imagining things?........ Below is an extract from the relevant code relating to the above post which appears to be the default size etc. In my post which started this topic and now I have increased the size to 18. As I am sure you know browsers vary, but as I understand it, unless set otherwise will normal select the first font in the code if it is available on the system used, if not it will go through the fonts until it finds an available one . As you can see, on my system Firefox settles for Helvetica ------------- ----------------------------------- font size: 14px, font style: normal, font weight: 400, font variant: normal, font family: \Helvetica Neue\, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, rendered font family : Helvetica, tab domain: www.sheffieldhistory.co.uk ------------------------------------ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RLongden Posted November 15, 2018 Share Posted November 15, 2018 Well there you go! Thanks @boginspro for stripping out the page source code for this post. It’s not easy for me to do on my iPad and I’m too lazy to fetch my Mac 14px (pixel count) is equivalent to 10.5pt type on paper, so unless one has eyes like a sh*thouse rat, it’s always going to be difficult to decipher the text?! The weight and variant are as expected, so not bold, italic, etc. I still believe that a font that was easier on the eye would be a better option, rather than blow up the font size to an extent that one could see it from space!?! (a bit like my examples above..... and below) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukelele lady Posted November 24, 2018 Share Posted November 24, 2018 Has anyone been on Sheffield Forum recently? They were closed down on Sunday for a new update and surprise surprise it looks very much like our Sheffield History Forum but with different colouring. It is now easier on the eye but still has it's many trolls. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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