A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has arrived

Re:A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has ar... by ulfw on Friday July 14, 2023 @10:45AM (#36724740)

That's such a cynic and may I say arrogant take on things and on the important work designers do. One could equally argue engineers refactor code just "to justify their continued existence for the purpose of job security". Or Product Managers rejig priority lists only "to justify their continued existence for the purpose of job security" etc etc etc

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Re:A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has ar... by bombela on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:19AM (#36725233)

You can refactor all you want, but you maintain API compatibility. Otherwise it is a full rewrite.

Design changes are most often more rewrite than refactor.

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Re:A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has ar... by mistercheph on Friday July 14, 2023 @11:48AM (#36725688)

That is so ridiculous. You only think this because you genuinely do not understand the work that designers do.

Let me offer you a small light to guide you should you wish to be enlightened:

Stable API <--> Brand (Loyalty|Image|Perception)

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Re:A change of typeface: Microsoft’s new default font has ar... by Sunspark on Friday July 14, 2023 @12:01PM (#36725858)

There's a difference between designing because they are designing to please a middle-manager that has directed them to "innovate" in that corporate sphere and design that is meant to be used and enjoyed by an end-user in comfort, i.e. human ergonomics.

A design language fad I hated from day one is MS's Metro design language which Apple also adopted in iOS 7, the format of which is that there must be as much glaring white space as possible, the user must be kept guessing which part of the screen is a button or switch and stab randomly at it until they find it, fonts must be spindly and thin, etc.

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