Microsoft to replace Calibri as default font, presents 5 new candidates.

[nlinecomputers]

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Microsoft to replace Calibri as default font, presents 5 new candidates

After 14 years, Microsoft will finally let go of Calibri as its default font across its platforms as it is now "time to evolve." Microsoft announced the coming change last Wednesday,

technology.inquirer.net

 

[britechguy]

I wish they'd go back to a serifed font as the default. There's actual research out there that indicates serifed fonts are easier to read.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I wish they'd go back to a serifed font as the default. There's actual research out there that indicates serifed fonts are easier to read.

Funny because a very quick Google brings up multiple results that say the exact opposite.

Serifs mean one thing... OLD!

For my part I could care less... look at all of those fonts. Do you see any real difference? The gaps are so subtle as to mean little to anyone that's not an artist that specializes in such matters.

 

[britechguy]

Funny because a very quick Google brings up multiple results that say the exact opposite.

Look closer: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,22&q=reading+serif
and pay attention to "readable" serifed versus sans serif fonts. The comparisons of a sans serif font to, say, Old English, is not relevant. There are lots of studies that use "readable" and "very hard to read" fonts for comparison, and that's not what I'm referring to.

And I'll take "old" and easier to track and read, thanks.

 

[Sky-Knight]

You mean like this: https://www.jetbrains.com/lp/mono/

Most of the benefits of the serif are really derived from the ligature. Also, I find uniform spacing helps me read lines at a time. So I tend to prefer monospace fonts for my console windows. The above is quite crisp, and a huge upgraded over fixedsys.

 

[mikeroq]

I much prefer sans serif fonts. Not sure what's wrong with Calibri and why they feel they need to replace it.

Look closer: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?hl=en&as_sdt=0,22&q=reading+serif
and pay attention to "readable" serifed versus sans serif fonts. The comparisons of a sans serif font to, say, Old English, is not relevant. There are lots of studies that use "readable" and "very hard to read" fonts for comparison, and that's not what I'm referring to.

And I'll take "old" and easier to track and read, thanks.

Performance differences between Times and Helvetica in a reading task

The subjects did not read and recognize words with serifs faster, their comprehension did not increase, and they were also not able to find a word in a portion of text more easily, when the text was set in a roman typeface.

 

[nlinecomputers]

They are not getting rid of it. It just will not be the default anymore. Time for a fresh coat of paint.

 

[britechguy]

I much prefer sans serif fonts. Not sure what's wrong with Calibri and why they feel they need to replace it.



Performance differences between Times and Helvetica in a reading task

Cherry-picking a single study (which I could have done) rather than looking at the findings over time is easy. I had to deal with this back in graduate school, and serifed fonts win out for ease of reading for "lengthy reading" almost every time.

Everyone's got a preference for font style, and that's an, "Each to his or her own taste," thing. I can read 'em all, and have frequently used Candara, so I'm not in any way a serifed-only absolutist.

I was simply expressing a preference. And part of the reason behind it.

 

[britechguy]

Time for a fresh coat of paint.

Indeed, at least from MS's perspective. Change for change's sake from mine, but I don't get to make that call.

 

[seashore]

Come on, who doesn't love Comic Sans.
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I'll get my coat.

 

[Sky-Knight]

I made a powershell once that changed all the system fonts to Comic Sans as an April Fools' joke...

Perhaps I'll have to dust that off again.

 

[HCHTech]

I made a powershell once that changed all the system fonts to Comic Sans as an April Fools' joke...

You MONSTER! Erm, I'd like a copy of the script....

 

[Sky-Knight]

You MONSTER! Erm, I'd like a copy of the script....

I can't find it!

I might have to rewrite it, as well as the appropriate undo script... but not right now. That's annoying... past me was terrible at filing things.

 

[HCHTech]

past me was terrible at filing things.

I'm ashamed to admit the frequency with with I kick off a global search of my entire infrastructure for some random file I *know* I named and placed very specifically, but can't locate.

 

[britechguy]

global search of my entire infrastructure for some random file I *know* I named and placed very specifically, but can't locate.

That's what the Everything search by voidtools.com is a godsend for. I actually do this frequently, and it's mostly because the specific place I thought I'd used isn't what I actually used. But I remember enough of the name to make Everything find it in a flash.

Old school searching on file names, not file content, is well over 90% of the searching I do.

 

[nlinecomputers]

While everything is a great tool, even Microsoft's built-in search is very good at finding files even text within the files. Not quite as good as the Everything tool but much better than many old-time PC users expect.

 

[callthatgirl]

I use Segoe UI 12 regular anyway so nothing changes for me lol.

 

[Diggs]

While everything is a great tool, even Microsoft's built-in search is very good at finding files even text within the files. Not quite as good as the Everything tool but much better than many old-time PC users expect.

It does a good job finding it's just that I'd like the search completed in my lifetime.

 

[britechguy]

It does a good job finding it's just that I'd like the search completed in my lifetime.

I cannot remember if Windows Search can be intentionally configured not to index file contents, but if it can I'll bet that would speed it up considerably.

Back to "tool to task." If I'm doing a file name search nothing even comes close to touching Everything for that purpose, and I really like how it handles partial information. If I need to search for file content, then it's Windows Search. Although Everything can be configured to index file content, that directly defeats what I'm looking to avoid that slows down Windows Search.