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Thomas Phinney
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April 15, 2009
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Please make Verdana the default font, not Arial

  • April 15, 2009
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Adobe Forums admin folks (John C, perhaps?), please have mercy on your users and make Verdana the default for posts, and not frickin' Arial. Verdana was designed for on-screen reading, while Arial was barely designed for reading at all. I'll set this same paragraph again in Verdana below, so you can see the difference. Assuming you can change the default font at all, of course.

Adobe Forums admin folks (John C, perhaps?), please have mercy on your users and make Verdana the default for posts, and not frickin' Arial. Verdana was designed for on-screen reading, while Arial was barely designed for reading at all. I'll set this same paragraph again in Verdana below, so you can see the difference. Assuming you can change the default font at all, of course.

That's the same point size in both paragraphs, btw. Isn't that better? Don't you wish this paragraph was in Verdana as well?

Cheers,

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      Phos_four_dots
      Phos_four_dots
      Inspiring
      April 15, 2009

      There ya go! I was going to suggest a similar change, but for two things:

      First, my opinion carries no weight. Second, there are nasty bits of far greater importance that need to be attended to first.

      But hey, if they listen to you and ditch that stinkin' Arial as the default font, I might be placated for an extra 5 minutes. (BTW, I kind of prefer Trebuchet—among the choices offered—but that's just me. Firefox allows me to see it all the time anyway.)


      Then there's the problem of changing the font choice to what you want; it doesn't seem to stick.


      Try this: Type some text, select all, then change to whatever font you want. Now, click anywhere. Or click to to insert your cursor anywhere in the middle of that text. Or click-n-drag to select a portion of the text in the middle of the text you supposedly changed to something other than Arial.

      Watch the font choice jump back to Arial.

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      S_D_A_
      S_D_A_
      Inspiring
      April 15, 2009

      Phos±four dots wrote:

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      Watch the font choice jump back to Arial.

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      I agree completely same happens with the spell checker; the setting when changed doesn't stick !

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