Fonts used in the forums ...

[kengrome]

I find it difficult to read the fonts used in the boatdesign.net forums. How can I change them? Any ideas? I thought I saw a preference for this once, but I cannot find it again. Was it my imagination?

[Meanz Beanz]

I don't think you can do it Ken, you can post using a different font but that will not help you. The font I see is arial (I think), anyway its quite clear so maybe its the default font on your browser that is the problem. Try changing it, instructions here...

http://www.functionx.com/html/articles/defaultfont.htm

[kengrome]

The problem with changing my fonts in my browser is that it changes them in all the web sites I visit, and I prefer most other sites to use the fonts they are programmed to use by their developers.

It would be a nice addition to these forums if the developers would add the capability to select specific fonts. I'm still a programmer so I know how easily this can be done -- but only by the forum developers or the folks who write add-ons -- and I'm not one of them.

Oh well, changing browser fonts it is ...

[Meanz Beanz]

The only reason that I can think that your browser would show the default font is that you don't have the font that the style sheet called for or there is no progammed font. Not having the font sounds unlikely and the site must be asking for a font because if I change my browser font it has no impact at all. ?! I can't think of another valid reason for getting your default font? Have you tried another browser like Firefox or Opera?

[safewalrus]

I like the font as it is! So sorry if you don't, but hell I ain't to bothered, couldn't give a 'oss actually

[masalai]

Sooooo safie, why post? (boredom - same reason I did?)

[Meanz Beanz]

Safie, there is no guarantee you are seeing the same thing, such are the wonders of the web.

[safewalrus]

Meanz if the sixth word in your post above is "you" there's a good chance I might be?

Or maybe I'm having a 5h1t with a rug around me?



your right Mas, sheer bloody boredom!! but Meanz has perked me up a bit, we could have some fun with this!!

[charmc]

Originally Posted by kengrome

I find it difficult to read the fonts used in the boatdesign.net forums. How can I change them? Any ideas? I thought I saw a preference for this once, but I cannot find it again. Was it my imagination?

Ken,

Is it the fonts or the color scheme/lack of contrast? You can try changing the screen appearance scheme. Go to User CP, scroll down to Edit Options on the left side of the screen. Click on that, then scroll all the way down to Miscellaneous Options. There is a button to change the screen color scheme. Worth a try, maybe.

[masalai]

Get a bigger screen, put your reading glasses on and use linux/mozilla & "<ctrl>+" will give bigger text whilst "<ctrl>-" will reduce it again.... why use shit software which attracts viruses and other evils from the net when LINUX works....

[Meanz Beanz]

Originally Posted by safewalrus

Meanz if the sixth word in your post above is "you" there's a good chance I might be?

No, fonts are software that are local to each machine. If you don't have the font installed some other option will be used depending on your browser/os and the way it handles these things. Normally the sites style sheet will have a hierarchy of fonts dictated, a list in the web designers order of preference. Designers tend to choose fonts based on what win-doze typically has available but that is no guarantee that the font is there and available. It could be corrupt, missing or anything! So the font you see may not be the one Ken see's, he may simply be picking one up futher down the style sheet list or be ending up with the browsers default choice.

Cheers
MBz

[kengrome]

Is it the fonts or the color scheme/lack of contrast?

It'sthe font. Some letter pairs are too close which makes it difficult for me to distinguish them separately. I have already set my browser to use my pre-defined fonts instead of the fonts specified in the HTML. Problem solved ...

[Meanz Beanz]

The style sheet specifies tahoma with no fall back, there seems to be some issues with tahoma not always being available depending on OS, software installed etc If you are a windows user you can check availability through control panel > fonts.

Although not a directly related problem this fix will probably get tahoma back for you..

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163277

If not you will have to uninstall and reinstall tahoma manually.

Its probably not a good font choice given the issue's that seem to surround it, boatdesign.net probably should be configured with at least one or two other fall back fonts like verdana & ARIAL.

Cheers
MBz

[artemis]

Originally Posted by Meanz Beanz

...fonts like verdana & ariel...

ARIAL

[Meanz Beanz]

So what I'm dyslexic and a bad speller... you have a point or you just like to nit pick?