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[Poll] The War of the Fonts
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Jodis Talvanen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#1 - 2011-11-29 23:06:34 UTC
Pick your side: (Copy and paste line 1 or 2)


1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
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2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:
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At the end of everyday I'm going to count the numbers and will post the total in the OP.
Jodis Talvanen
State War Academy
Caldari State
#2 - 2011-11-29 23:07:58 UTC


2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:

First of all it is broken at the corners, which makes it harder to read than the old expanded font.
Secondly it scales wrong. At UI scale 90% it becomes so wrongly rendered it's scrambled and unreadable.
Thirdly it is not even optional.
Tippia
Sunshine and Lollipops
#3 - 2011-11-29 23:10:00 UTC
1. Font is good. It solves the reading/differentiation issues of the old font and is actually scalable.
sYnc Vir
Wolfsbrigade
Ghost Legion.
#4 - 2011-11-29 23:10:07 UTC
Jodis Talvanen wrote:


2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:

First of all it is broken at the corners, which makes it harder to read than the old expanded font.
Secondly it scales wrong. At UI scale 90% it becomes so wrongly rendered it's scrambled and unreadable.
Thirdly it is not even optional.



I have mine in UI 90% works perfectly well and is very readable on my screens.

Don't ask about Italics, just tilt your head.
Earl Hazard
The Soul Society
Fraternity.
#5 - 2011-11-29 23:11:26 UTC
Tippia wrote:
1. Font is good. It solves the reading/differentiation issues of the old font and is actually scalable.


Yes
Kyo Haku
Kyo Haku Corporation
#6 - 2011-11-29 23:11:27 UTC
New font Fails- It is too big, blocky, and looks blurry/low-res. The old font looked crisper and sleeker, as well as fit better with the rest of the UI.
cyndrogen
The Greatest Corp in the Universe
#7 - 2011-11-29 23:12:37 UTC  |  Edited by: Cyndrogen
1 New font is good

I can finally read it. Clear, clean and readable, it serves the purpose of a font. Easy to read.

DO NOT CHANGE FONT!!!!!!!!!!!

Every day in every way I improve my skills and get better.
Nalia White
Tencus
#8 - 2011-11-29 23:13:03 UTC
2.

numbers are a pain to read, especially in inventory:

http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/69/fontproblem.jpg

that it looks like ms-dos is a bonus :)

Syndicate - K5-JRD

Home to few, graveyard for many

My biggest achievement
Random Factoid
Outfit 418
Blue Loot Not Included
#9 - 2011-11-29 23:13:37 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:

New font has classic good looks - does not sacrifice readability for gimmicks like 'looking sci-fi'.

Finally abandons the all caps style of the previous font which vastly improves reading and comprehension speed.

I was initially skeptical of the new font, but after playing with it on Si-Si and now seeing it in production, I am very happy with it and congratulate CCP on a job well done.

Source:
Quote:
All-capital print greatly retards speed of reading in comparison with lower-case type. Also, most readers judge all capitals to be less legible. Faster reading of the lower-case print is due to the characteristic word forms furnished by this type. This permits reading by word units, while all capitals tend to be read letter by letter. Furthermore, since all-capital printing takes at least one-third more space than lower case, more fixation pauses are required for reading the same amount of material. The use of all capitals should be dispensed with in every printing situation.
-Tinker, Miles A. (1963). Legibility of Print. Ames, Iowa: Iowa State University Press. p. 65. ISBN 6316674.
Gogela
Epic Ganking Time
CODE.
#10 - 2011-11-29 23:15:20 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
You are annoying.

2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:
Stop crying about every little thing.


Signatures should be used responsibly...
mechtech
Ice Liberation Army
#11 - 2011-11-29 23:15:20 UTC
The new font is much better.

If I spent 30+ minutes working on the market with the old font, my eyesight would be blurry and my eyes would hurt. Now, I can sit at a comfortable distance from the screen and not have to strain to read things.
Zions Child
Higashikata Industries
#12 - 2011-11-29 23:16:30 UTC
Tippia wrote:
1. Font is good. It solves the reading/differentiation issues of the old font and is actually scalable.


B 8, OD0, and 6 G are all different, as opposed to a blob of pixels now. This is a good thing. Whiners can GTFO.
Handsome Hussein
#13 - 2011-11-29 23:16:32 UTC
1.
Tippia wrote:
Font is good. It solves the reading/differentiation issues of the old font and is actually scalable.

Also looks much better than the old font.

Leaves only the fresh scent of pine.
NickyYo
modro
Northern Coalition.
#14 - 2011-11-29 23:18:13 UTC
2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:

Look at it!

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Botleten
Perkone
Caldari State
#15 - 2011-11-29 23:19:57 UTC
The new font is better because its not the old one and you can actually tell the difference between O and 0 now and between 5 and S
Destination SkillQueue
Doomheim
#16 - 2011-11-29 23:22:59 UTC  |  Edited by: Destination SkillQueue
1. Font is good. One look at it gave me strong nostalgic feelings of the 80's.
Sebero Sinak
Doomheim
#17 - 2011-11-29 23:23:05 UTC
Jodis Talvanen wrote:
Pick your side: (Copy and paste line 1 or 2)


1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________


2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________
____________________________________


At the end of everyday I'm going to count the numbers and will post the total in the OP.


There are opportunities to exploit changes to hurt your enemies , there are economic factors that loom huge

AND YOU ARE WORRIED ABOUT THE GOL DAMN FONT ??/
Taser2
Finders Keepers Way
#18 - 2011-11-29 23:24:40 UTC
2 - New font fails. It's too blocky and clashes with the UI. When I think of eve and the futuristic world I think crisp, sleek, and modern. The new font reminds me of the crap fonts we used to have on our computers 10 years ago. As soon as I logged in I literally said WTF?! because of the font. Worst case scenario would be to give us the option to change font, dont know how hard it would be but it would make the people who hate and love the font happy... win-win all around.
Kirgan
Stranix Industrial Group
#19 - 2011-11-29 23:32:07 UTC
1. The new font is more legible than the previous one.
Emiko P'eng
#20 - 2011-11-29 23:39:10 UTC
1. New font is good

It is very readable,

The numbers, decimal points, thousand separators are a huge improvement.

It scales very nicely on my monitor
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