[wp-testers] Admin font face

Ade Walker photofantaisie at gmail.com
Thu Nov 27 20:21:21 GMT 2008


Yep, that's how it looks to me too - not nice... Verdana please. It may be
boring, but it's readable. :-)

2008/11/27 Kim Parsell <kparsell-wp at kpdesign.net>

> Same here. I found an already open ticket (
> http://trac.wordpress.org/ticket/8352) about the font face issue in Ubuntu
> and added my comments about how the latest font change to Bitstream Vera
> Sans looks in Windows XP, including a screenshot (
> http://trac.wordpress.org/attachment/ticket/8352/2.7rev9919-dashboard-windowsXP.png
> ).
>
> Is this how it looks to any of the rest of you Windows users?
>
> It was looking so good when they used Verdana - now I can't hardly read it
> at all.
>
> Definitely a step backwards.
>
> Kim
>
> --------------------------
>
>
> Debra Scott wrote:
>
>> yes very hard on the eyes.
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 27, 2008 at 2:25 PM, Ade Walker <photofantaisie at gmail.com
>> >wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Is it just me, or is the Bitstream Vera Sans font particularly ugly on
>>> Windows machines? Personally, I much preferred Verdana which, I think I'm
>>> right in saying, was the font up until a few builds ago. I also find that
>>> Bitsteam is not so easily readable in larger text blocks.
>>>
>>> Just my personal opinion - so feel free to ignore me (and no offence
>>> intended towards those who have put in all the hard work) - but I think
>>> it
>>> is a step backwards, design-wise and usability-wise.
>>>
>>> Ade.
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