Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk

Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by Luyt on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:03AM (#2536249)

It renders correctly in my customized firefox, unless many sites on the web nowadays. However, Google, WikiPedia and HackerNews render without problems too.

My settings are: Zoom Text Only, do not allow pages to choose their own fonts, Comic Sans MS for all fonts, minimum font size 20pt.

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by neurolysis on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:11AM (#2536265)

20pt Comic Sans? You are beyond saving.

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by endgame on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @04:30PM (#2538294)

COME ON. I know Comic Sans is not well-liked here, but a comment like that is just not on. He's an outlier in a community of outliers; so what?

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by richardhenry on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @09:11AM (#2536267)

"Comic Sans MS for all fonts"

... I don't know what to say. At 20pt, too?

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by Luyt on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @04:21PM (#2538253)

Yes, I like my fonts big, easier to read. Not that I'm sight impaired, it's just a personal preference. And beauty is in the eye of the beholder, isn't it? Everybody has his/her own taste.

I also like to use proportional fonts when writing code (Python, C++, PHP, SQL), which has raised many eyebrows too.

As for my preference for Comic Sans: I find it a very nicely rounded font, easy on the eyes, and very readable letter forms. There's absolutely no trolling involved here: I just like it for my own use, I'm not forcing anyone else to use it, I'm perfectly fine with other people using Consolas or Monaco in their code editors.

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by raarky on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @10:39AM (#2536591)

Maybe a troll with bad taste perhaps?

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Re:Experimental UK Gov site: alpha.gov.uk by cynusx on Wednesday May 11, 2011 @11:08AM (#2536704)

or dyslectic

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