Prefix goes Arial...

(14 posts)
Topics: PREFIX
by Daba
10751 Posts
hopped up out my bed. turn my swag on.
2 weeks, 5 days ago
1 year, 2 months ago

I believe we were Helvetic most recently.

 

Now we're back to Arial.

 

Thoughts?

by B/|NGER
3064 Posts
Sausage on the brain
4 days, 12 hours ago
1 year, 2 months ago

Eh.

 

No likey.

by Al
2520 Posts
1 year, 2 months ago

Arial's a pretty lifeless typeface.

 

Im in the office on a fuckin saturday.... BAH.

 

by BrYan
74 Posts
updating my status
4 months, 2 weeks ago
1 year, 2 months ago
I think you guys had Georgia font, at least for me. I don't know, I like Georgia but Arial is easier to read. I've been using that on my site for years, but then again no one goes on my site lol. Better change it back j/k :)
by Bob
1187 Posts
What are you doing right now?
3 months, 1 week ago
1 year, 2 months ago

Needs some Broadway Engraved.

 

I'm also in the office on a Saturday. I was here yesterday and I'll be back tomorrow. Yay!

by pill
565 Posts
workando
2 weeks, 4 days ago
1 year, 2 months ago

I liked Georgia for the nav buttons and titles.

But I think Arial is more readable for the text of posts.

 

by Gabi Porter
65 Posts
wants to sleep and sleep and sleep
11 months, 1 week ago
1 year, 2 months ago
oooh!  and we're coloring inside the lines now too.  the forum posts weren't lining up properly with the edges of the boxes.
by joydivided
427 Posts
photo editing.
8 months, 3 weeks ago
1 year, 2 months ago
ariel might be readable but its natural text kerning is awkward unless you want to go in and fix every word manually. Makes everything look very amateur.
by GregIngber
4 Posts
wants to know what love is. He wants you to show him.
1 year ago
1 year, 2 months ago
Man, Helvetica is the real deal.  Ariel is Micro$oft's ripoff of Helvetica, because they were too cheap to license it.  Haven't you seen the Helvetica documentary???  No really, there is a documentary -- pretty interesting.
by pill
565 Posts
workando
2 weeks, 4 days ago
1 year, 2 months ago
That's good enough reason for me to try Helvetica.  I always thought Arial was just narrower Helvetica... Then again I didn't watch that documentary =)
by Mike
1187 Posts
loves prefix
6 months, 2 weeks ago
1 year, 2 months ago
Some more hot prefix talk...
by Al
2520 Posts
1 year, 2 months ago

While I do believe Helvetica is still the g.o.a.t  typeface I was happy to see that small shift back towards serif fonts. A classy serif title amongst a sea of sans serifs is a nice contrast sometimes.

 

One advantage to using Arial vs Helvetica is that most people have Arial installed on their machines, and most people (like Mike) wont care about the subtle differences between the two types.

 

Goddamit.... type matters mike 


  

by Mike
1187 Posts
loves prefix
6 months, 2 weeks ago
1 year, 2 months ago
haha I was just being my typical sarcastic and sardonic self
by Daba
10751 Posts
hopped up out my bed. turn my swag on.
2 weeks, 5 days ago
1 year, 2 months ago

This thread should be changed...

 

We've gone Helvetica!

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