[wp-testers] Admin font face

Kirk M kmb42vt at gmail.com
Fri Nov 28 00:24:18 GMT 2008


Same here. Thought it actually was Verdana not too long ago. Not a 
change for the better. +1 for Verdana.

On 11/27/2008 3:15 PM, Kim Parsell wrote:
> 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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