Re:Mozilla's New Fira Typeface
by jammmuel on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @07:54PM
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I'm not a fan. I just don't get why they adapted FF Meta. It's overly complex (the 'g' for example), and not a great display font. They should strive for simplicity, rather than individuality.
Android's Roboto and iOS's Helvetica Neue achieve this, my personal preference being for for latter.
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Re:Mozilla's New Fira Typeface
by devindotcom on Tuesday September 24, 2013 @08:06PM
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Yeah, the kink in the lowercase y, the gap in the g, and a few other touches don't scale down well IMHO. I am a big fan of the trend of designing free typefaces for general use like this, though.