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[Poll] The War of the Fonts
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El Puerco
P.W. Minerals
#41 - 2011-11-30 08:06:15 UTC
1 the new font might not be the best looking but i can read them better as the one before...

Errare humanum est.
Dsan
Bedlam.
#42 - 2011-11-30 08:29:53 UTC
1. New font is good :
As a graphical designer, I know that for screen reading, fonts have to be practical above being "pretty".
And this new font is just that, practical and very very readable everywhere.

I understand people have a hard time adjusting, just wait, In a week you won't want to switch back.
And to me, this font is more sci-fi'ish than the old plain boring font.

And Dsan isn't mis-read as Osan anymore, or 0san - so yeah.

Gj CCP, where can I download it ?

Or follow me on twitter: http://twitter.com/Dsan_dk
First Lieutenant Dan
Doomheim
#43 - 2011-11-30 08:35:29 UTC  |  Edited by: First Lieutenant Dan
If you guys would just stop reading, this problem could be solved an we could get on track to real issues. Where are the damn dinosaurs?

EDIT: Let's not forget sharks with lasorz for Amarr...
Kyra Felann
The Scope
Gallente Federation
#44 - 2011-11-30 08:39:08 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
Because it's easier to read and is more pleasing to the eye.
Endeavour Starfleet
#45 - 2011-11-30 08:40:31 UTC
#1 The font is GREAT

It is much MUCH easier to read now. The idiots flooding the forum with one line topics had their chance to give feedback on the font and it is time to move on.

CCP KEEP the font!
Maximillian Dragonard
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#46 - 2011-11-30 08:41:55 UTC
1. New font is good ... Legibility > anything else. Good lord I was tired of guessing between 0 and O, 5 and S, etc.

Wut?!
Lykouleon
Noble Sentiments
Second Empire.
#47 - 2011-11-30 08:42:50 UTC
2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:

As i complained about during the testing phase, I can't sit and play EVE for an extended period of time with new font without getting dizzy and/or queasy. To counteract this, I have to turn the UI down to 90%, which makes some of the UI elements harder to click and resizes the entirety of the UI rather than just the font itself. And even after that, I still can't play for extended periods as the new font is still too prominent and sometimes non-uniform in UI elements.

Lykouleon > CYNO ME CLOSER so I can hit them with my sword
Dusty Meg
Echelon Research
Goonswarm Federation
#48 - 2011-11-30 08:45:58 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
I can actually tell between 9s and 8s. with and without my glasses without being 2 inchs from any of my screens

Creater of the EVE animated influence map http://www.youtube.com/user/DustMityEVE
Grukni
Caldari Provisions
Caldari State
#49 - 2011-11-30 08:46:17 UTC
1 The new font is good and more readable.

2 It could look beter and more modern. though. If only it didn't look like an ms-dos font...

I still think that the Neocom panel should be all-caps. It would look better.
Ethidium Bromide
ZEALOT WARRIORS AGAINST TERRORISTS
#50 - 2011-11-30 08:49:56 UTC
1. new font looks shiny!

please add a font size change tool to overview! overview is now way too big!
i know i could have gont to sisi weeks ago....
well i didn't P

good job overall! <3
Hya Bam
It's Hammer Time
#51 - 2011-11-30 08:52:24 UTC
Tippia wrote:
1. Font is good. It solves the reading/differentiation issues of the old font and is actually scalable.

Is this sig EVE related?
Floydd Heywood
Doomheim
#52 - 2011-11-30 09:00:02 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
It's clearer and more readable.

I suspect that anyone who says otherwise uses weird hardware. I noticed that many people complaining about the new font seem to play EVE on 15 inch laptops. EVE is not playable on such tiny screens to begin with. I play on a 24 inch monitor (or rather, two of those) and that's just about big enough. So get a machine that does not suck so bad. Developers cannot design a modern game for use with hardware most people stopped using half a decade ago.
Roime
Mea Culpa.
Shadow Cartel
#53 - 2011-11-30 09:00:03 UTC
1. New font is good because it looks good and actually works as a font.

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Nomad I
University of Caille
Gallente Federation
#54 - 2011-11-30 09:01:27 UTC  |  Edited by: Nomad I
The new font is bad:

I can't get the same density of information as before, because the font at 90% scaling isn't readable.

The new font is remembering me on the Amiga computer from the 80th
Corp 5py
Doomheim
#55 - 2011-11-30 09:02:31 UTC
New font is good


Can read it more easily, no confusion between certain numbers/letters
Elaine Shandrate
Luna Decrescentia Celeris
#56 - 2011-11-30 09:02:54 UTC
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
Clear, crisp, scalable ___________________
Seperators for thousands_______________
Different scaling possibilities in chat, context
and rest_____________________________

The bad:
Scaling with UI scaling, tab headers are scaled too.
The font is too condensed under certain settings, which makes seperating the letters difficult.
The decimal points disappear.

In general, /me likes
Archa4 Badasaz
Vangazhi
#57 - 2011-11-30 09:09:16 UTC
2. New font is bad - explain why it is fail:

Can't look at it for more than few sec - eyes start to hurt.
Everything looks very stretched, and i can't change the size of it in any way. Here is the difference between RMB menu and the overview:
http://i.imgur.com/7Hh3a.jpg

This might look OK for you, but I have pretty small laptop screen, and I simply can't read things that are so vertically stretched. I think i had same problem with old font, but you could make it expanded, and that option was always ON for me...
sYnc Vir
Wolfsbrigade
Ghost Legion.
#58 - 2011-11-30 09:10:33 UTC
Ohanka wrote:
sYnc Vir wrote:
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.


lying newb



Duel 23inch LCD HD Monitors ****. Get glasses if you have an issue. Tossing out the lying newb because I have 20/20 vision thats sad.

Don't ask about Italics, just tilt your head.
Archa4 Badasaz
Vangazhi
#59 - 2011-11-30 09:11:58 UTC
Floydd Heywood wrote:
1. New font is good - explain why you like it:
It's clearer and more readable.

I suspect that anyone who says otherwise uses weird hardware. I noticed that many people complaining about the new font seem to play EVE on 15 inch laptops. EVE is not playable on such tiny screens to begin with. I play on a 24 inch monitor (or rather, two of those) and that's just about big enough. So get a machine that does not suck so bad. Developers cannot design a modern game for use with hardware most people stopped using half a decade ago.


Hi and wtf?
You think I have some money stashed away JUST for a new screen? Go buy new monitor if this new font is bad for you... just LOL.

Give the option to switch between fonts and there will be NO problems...
Mmily Ylimm
Brutor Tribe
Minmatar Republic
#60 - 2011-11-30 09:20:55 UTC
New font is bad:

The font is too large and the scaling doesn't work correctly. Sorting out the scaling would useful