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Season 2 has new UI font - not so happy

SystemSystem Member, NoReporting Posts: 178,019 Arc User
With season 2, STO now has a new UI font, that is *MUCH* more bold and filled than previously. It's a lot messier and it's harder to make out the lines in the text. Please consider scaling down the boldness of the UI font to make it easier to read.

Fonts like Arial Bold (for example) isn't used for bodies of text for a reason. :P

PS. Champions Online replaced their awesome font with a new hard to read blurry one a little over a month ago and has not improved yet. I don't play that game no more..
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  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    What happend to the font???!??!!?!?!?!?!?!!

    As weird as it sounds, it would be my reason to cancel! It causes severe eyestrain (everything looks like a big blur!)

    NVIDIA GTX260

    Cryptic WTF?????

    blu789
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Agree.

    Use a font in the Century Gothic family at least, if you want to use a bold font. It is much easier on the eyes and has a nice look even when AA'ed.

    I have good expiriences using variations of Century Gothic, and if used in a color that is contrast with the background, it is made even easier on the eyes :)
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Yeah, it's horrible! Looks like a naff cartoon, now. In fact, I only logged on here this morning to make this very point! What was wrong with the way it was, before?
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    If I'm correct you can revert to the old font using the localdata folder. Good thing I saved the whole 1.2 before patched to 2.0.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I agree the new font is harder to read, please fix promptly :confused:
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Yeah the smaller one was better.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I agree there was nothing wrong with the old font.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Seriously, please at least give us the option for the old font! It makes the UI incredibly more invasive
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    i also agree on this, the old font was much better.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    ThetaNine wrote:
    I agree there was nothing wrong with the old font.

    This new font is worse then the old font but the old font wasn't without problems.

    a
    o
    both looked the same

    1
    !
    I
    All looked the same.

    These are only a few of the problems that existed with the old font.

    So what Cryptic needs to do it to pick a commonly used font, like Arial that is easy on the eyes.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Just give us the option to change it back
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Simale wrote:
    This new font is worse then the old font but the old font wasn't without problems.

    a
    o
    both looked the same

    1
    !
    I
    All looked the same.

    These are only a few of the problems that existed with the old font.

    So what Cryptic needs to do it to pick a commonly used font, like Arial that is easy on the eyes.
    Sadly, those problems also still exist with the new font.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    I don't want an option to get the old font back.

    I want a new font that can be read without straining my eyes.

    Neither the old or the new fonts are any good.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Simale wrote:
    Neither the old or the new fonts are any good.
    Sir, we are in agreement.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Simale wrote:
    This new font is worse then the old font but the old font wasn't without problems.

    a
    o
    both looked the same

    1
    !
    I
    All looked the same.

    These are only a few of the problems that existed with the old font.

    So what Cryptic needs to do it to pick a commonly used font, like Arial that is easy on the eyes.

    This.

    New font is much worse, but frankly the old font needed help. What's worse is that the problems in the old font still persist in the new font, making the new font 100% terrible.
  • Archived PostArchived Post Member Posts: 2,264,498 Arc User
    edited July 2010
    Warem wrote:
    This.

    New font is much worse, but frankly the old font needed help. What's worse is that the problems in the old font still persist in the new font, making the new font 100% terrible.

    Possibly, I guess I got used to the old one. I much prefer it to the new one, I wonder why it isn't simply an option to keep the old rather than the new?
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