POLL: Our Current Fancy Font - keep it or not?

CHzug1291 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:18:14 pm

Superb, but why is it inverted?

Peter

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 12:36:33 pm

Global Administrator wrote:

We are up to 85 votes so far so let's see where we are at, come 100 votes.

Aussietrekker · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 13:03:35 pm

Oh, the poor maligned Comic Sans... there seems to be an "Emperor's New Clothes" mentality/conspiracy among the young'uns to diss this fun font.

It may or may not be a bit lighthearted for a more conservative stamp forum, but speaking as a boring old fart with 40 years in the signwriting trade, I'll defend it, it makes me feel cheerful. :wink:

stamps4collectors · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 13:31:22 pm

I really do like the new font; it's rounded, informal and friendly (just like me really :wink:

).

I use it on address labels for my customers. Since this board is friendly and informal, and not at all stiff or pretentious, I would be quite happy to go on with Comic Sans as I suspect this is.

tillotson · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 13:39:54 pm

Hi

Don't have any problem with the font either way BUT PLEASE get rid of that horrible green colour!!!!!!!

fletches1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 13:47:33 pm

tillotson wrote:

Hi

Don't have any problem with the font either way BUT PLEASE get rid of that horrible green colour!!!!!!!

Press F5 function key to clear your cache

Brads64 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 14:05:17 pm

Yuck!

Kev · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 14:37:12 pm

fletches1 wrote:

tillotson wrote:

Hi

Don't have any problem with the font either way BUT PLEASE get rid of that horrible green colour!!!!!!!

Press F5 function key to clear your cache

I pressed F5 when Glen suggested to do so several posts back and that hideous green has stayed away since!

Cheers,

Kev.

Skippy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 15:36:49 pm

POLL: Our Current Fancy Font - keep it or not?

102 votes now

Change it back please or change the logo to
"Stamboards, it's a little bit Fancy "

gavin-h · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 18:33:05 pm

Global Administrator wrote:

We are up to 85 votes so far so let's see where we are at, come 100 votes.

POLL: Our Current Fancy font - keep it or not?

1. Prefer it. 30% [ 33 ]
2. Hate it. 45% [ 50 ]
3. Do not really mind either way. 25% [ 27 ]

Total votes : 110

Hendriks · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 18:56:06 pm

1st of April is over everybody. Please remove the crappy comic sans font, and remove the green background color so that we can all read the posts again. The dark blue font on the green background is 100% unreadable on my macbook pro LCD monitor (no contrast). I actually have to select all the text, for it to become somewhat readable. Ruined my weekend, pretty much. Thanks!

Allanswood · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:18:24 pm

F5, Hendricks will clean the green for you.
At the moment were still typing in 3rd grade.

Hendriks · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:20:45 pm

@Allanswood: I'm all better now! Thanks.

skilo54 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:48:17 pm

It is nice to see the board trying to keep fresh, always good to keep up with the times.... :lol:

Unless we have speech bubbles to accompany this change this font is not for me, I don't care for it one bit, sorry. There are so many other choices that would be much better IMHO.

Have a good one,

Skilo54

lakatoi lover · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:49:32 pm

Don't like it

langtounlad · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:57:14 pm

If I could find a button to push I would vote no - why change?

Regards
Frank

Allanswood · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 19:59:17 pm

Have you been in Public Service land too long Langtounlad?
The top of page one has the poll vote button.

hutch · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:02:10 pm

I rather like the new font! Hated the green background :evil:

...the yellow was better but toooo bright :shock:

a pale yellow would have been better!

All in all a pretty neat April Fools Day trick.......any idea who the culprit was?

Anne

fletches1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:04:43 pm

skilo54 wrote:

There are so many other choices that would be much better IMHO.

Not strictly True.

This board has to use SYSTEM FONTS to display the same on both Windows & Macs.

There are only 17 available
Arial
Arial Black
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
Georgia1
Impact
Lucida Console
Lucida Sans Unicode
Palatino Linotype
Tahoma
Times New Roman
Trebuchet MS1
Verdana
Symbol
Webdings
Wingdings
MS Sans Serif4
MS Serif4

And even these do not always display on mobile devices, mostly they revert to Arial.

We used before a mix of Verdana & Lucinda Grande.

So the choice is VERY limited............

Jacob · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:08:20 pm

Sorry I don't like it.

Keep what we have , it is the best.

hutch · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:28:29 pm

O Jacob, I would have thought that as a young one, you would have been more open to change and varieties....not like us old foggies! Where is your spirit of adventure!? :wink:

Brummie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:29:17 pm

fletches1 wrote:

And even these do not always display on mobile devices, mostly they revert to Arial.

So the answer is very simple....Arial :mrgreen:

langtounlad · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:30:04 pm

Allanswood wrote:

Have you been in Public Service land too long Langtounlad?
The top of page one has the poll vote button.

Not on the page I was looking at. If the poll button does not show up on all forum sub groups then seems a waste of time to have it as I do not visit all sub groups.

Regards
Frank

fletches1 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:38:22 pm

Press

CTRL + F5 keys to clear your cache if you still see Comic Sans MS

Skippy · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 20:41:46 pm

gr8 tnx, I thort I wz gunA hav2 lern txt spk 2 go W d font.

translator here >> http://www.lingo2word.com/ :lol:

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 21:03:36 pm

Skippy wrote:

gr8 tnx, I thort I wz gunA hav2 lern txt spk 2 go W d font.

I love it when ebay Powersellers join us here. :mrgreen:

Brummie · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 21:20:55 pm

Ahhh! It's like taking off high heels and puting on a pair of comfy slippers going back to the old font. The males will have to take my word for it unless you wear heels :lol:

Lakatoi 4 · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 21:27:45 pm

fletches1 wrote:

And even these do not always display on mobile devices, mostly they revert to Arial.

It certainly showed up as Arial font during the whole of yesterday on my iPad so I used that instead of the laptop.

Just the way I like it

Speaking about the iPad, I thought it was another Apple cr*ppy thing until I got one. I can't believe how seriously good the thing is for email and the internet (including of course serious Stampboards use).

It starts up virtually immediately courtesy of a high speed processor and not having to load up stupid Windows stuff.

Sure it doesn't do some things but that's what a laptop/desktop computer is for. I'm now an Apple believer (never thought I'd say that :!:

).

revenuecollector · **Posted:** Mon Apr 02, 2012 23:27:40 pm

Ahhh.... back to (ab)normal. Hurrah!

joelk · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 00:05:08 am

Aaaaah....Relief! This feels so much better. Thank you for bringing the old Stampboards back!

peterh · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 05:08:22 am

Thanks for listening to the majority!

InforaPenny · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 09:24:12 am

I say dump the fancy font and return to the old (more legible) font...

Flying Tiger · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:21:07 am

The "new" font was nice while it lasted.

HayeSmyth · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:50:04 am

Missed the poll and miss the fancy font already. Just like my handwriting! Can we try Wingdings next?

MargoZ · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:52:25 am

"The tribe hs spoken"

Allanswood · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 11:54:15 am

My eyes thank you.

DJ · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 17:46:27 pm

It's a little too soft for me, but it is better than arial. Myself, I prefer either Tahoma or Georgia. Everyone has their own quirks!

Tassie_Stamps · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 18:13:52 pm

The Poll has ended -

POLL: Our Current Fancy font - keep it or not?
Poll ended at Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:25 pm
1. Prefer it. 30% [ 37 ] x
2. Hate it. 47% [ 59 ]
3. Do not really mind either way. 23% [ 29 ]

Total votes : 125

The way I look at it is, the people who chose to "sit on the fence" should have their 23% of votes allocated to option #1 meaning that we get to keep the trendy new font. :lol:

*Runs to hide from members who hate the new font* :oops:

jbcev80 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 18:41:30 pm

Hi

Actually Arial is essentially the old Helvetica font. When I worked with typesetting computer systems Helvetica was the font of choice for a lot of publishers due to readability. Arial is probably the most common font.

However, I read someplace that Arial uses more ink in printing (do not know why and not pertinent here) and Tahoma is better. The default font Microsoft uses for Windows is usually MS Sans Serif but I have seen Tahoma.

Bottom line is keep this font. The adage "if it ain't broke don't fix it" comes to mind.

Jerry B

Jacob · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 20:33:28 pm

hutch wrote:

O Jacob, I would have thought that as a young one, you would have been more open to change and varieties....not like us old foggies! Where is your spirit of adventure!? :wink:

Just goes to show you never now what us kids are thinking. :lol:

hutch · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 21:23:38 pm

Good on you Jacob! You're going to be one tough little cookie when you get older :lol:

Anne

Fleurieu55 · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 21:31:39 pm

darn, missed the poll, but I quite like the new font.

hutch · **Posted:** Tue Apr 03, 2012 23:12:42 pm

So did I Fleurieu55

but looks like we've been outvoted! Cést la vie!

Timbres · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 04:16:32 am

Tassie_Stamps wrote:

The Poll has ended -

POLL: Our Current Fancy font - keep it or not?
Poll ended at Mon Apr 02, 2012 9:25 pm
1. Prefer it. 30% [ 37 ] x
2. Hate it. 47% [ 59 ]
3. Do not really mind either way. 23% [ 29 ]

Total votes : 125

The way I look at it is, the people who chose to "sit on the fence" should have their 23% of votes allocated to option #1 meaning that we get to keep the trendy new font. :lol:

*Runs to hide from members who hate the new font* :oops:

Sorry Tassie,

According to Robert's Rules of Order, an "abstain" (which I take such 'non-votes' to be as they don't care either way) is counted with the majority. So....back to the way things were. Good.

DJM · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 09:23:15 am

I found that if I select 'Stampboards' from my Internet 'Favourites' the old font appears (much better). If I click on the links that I get through email the NEW font appears.

DArrin.

Rob K · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:09:45 am

Goodness me, this thread is an eyeopener. I thought everybody hated Comic Sans?

Global Administrator · **Posted:** Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:29:59 am

I'll keep here a sample of current font for posterity in case we change again.


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