Out of those, either 4 or 5 but I'm not entirely sure what the point of the spacing is.
Though to be honest, I wish the font was a bit smaller.
Though to be honest, I wish the font was a bit smaller.
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Message Font Style/ Font Size/ Message Spacing Poll:
- Thread starter Sirpopopop
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Hopefully there's a runoff with maybe some additional options suggested in this topic.
While typografically and logically Open Sans makes sense, the problem is it renders like crap. The benefit of Helvetica is that it renders decently. Naturally San Francisco and Roboto would be optimal.
I think Open Sans reads better with large blocks of text, but I really think it should be 14pt instead of 12.
Oh and while you're on the task of reformatting user posts can you please release me from this hell I'm about to have an aneurysm
I second this. The report button should be next to the other two.
Well that's nice, my choice is the clear winner thus far. :P
Honestly, I'm just glad there's a clear delineation between posts now. When it was all the same color it was a nightmare haha.
Honestly, I'm just glad there's a clear delineation between posts now. When it was all the same color it was a nightmare haha.
I know it won't happen, but I think Lato is a beautiful web font that works well in both dark and light themes and had a decent variety of styles (bold, italic, etc.).
Just a thought.
But I do think for user readability, some sort of spacing is important.
Just a thought.
But I do think for user readability, some sort of spacing is important.
Both of those fonts are incredible but are they available for general use?
It's what, 10 pixels, max? :P Even with only minimum length posts you're looking at like, a sub-5% reduction in active vertical screen space. And I do think the margin has its benefits for visibility.
Roboto is a web font offered by Google, so it is available, though it's a bit of a Frankenstein of a typeface.
I agree, but it's a large typeface that works better for titling than body copy.
But Montserrat+Lato? Yes please!
Just really need a 1px border between spaces, it'll be enough for your eyes to visually better separate posts imo.
For headlines, definitely, but I'm not sure I could handle a whole E3 conference thread full of nothing but Montserrat...
I agree. Even if it's dashed or dotted. The same can be applied with avatar and post.
I'm using Monserrat for titles, Lato for post content currently.
I tried messing around with Source Sans Pro for the post content, but it's hard to beat Lato. It's good at just about everything.
Looks like we're moving to Helvetica, the correct choice >:)
As far as spacing goes, I agree with others' sentiment that a single pixel width border between cells should be enough to distinguish between posts. Something like this:
As far as spacing goes, I agree with others' sentiment that a single pixel width border between cells should be enough to distinguish between posts. Something like this:
Came in here to say exactly this. Helvetica with a 1px border between posts and no spacing is the way to go. I think the left/right side padding should also be reduced for desktop browsers. I'd say posts/threads should take up roughly 90% or more of the width of your browser window, with only very small padding left on the sides.
Agreed. Can it be just a small triangle near the Quote/Reply buttons or something? It being in the middle is a bit distracting
That's largely due to the dark gray buttons at the bottom of each post.
I would prefer option 4 with font size as is. In fact I wonder why there's no option for keeping the font size as is but with spacing (and helvetica).
Can't talk to desktop right now, but on mobile the kerning on the typeface used for usernames and thread titles is eye-murderingly bad.
Also regardless of font, the gray on white needs to go away.
Also regardless of font, the gray on white needs to go away.
I voted 4 but all of them are too large
btw, I hope you admins log in as regular users every now and then to see how it looks for us -- specifically the obnoxious report button. It looks better for you since it isn't just floating there by itself
edit: changed my answer to 5. After seeing some of the other mockups and posts, I think we need more contrast not spacing. Or smaller spacing like the post below
btw, I hope you admins log in as regular users every now and then to see how it looks for us -- specifically the obnoxious report button. It looks better for you since it isn't just floating there by itself
edit: changed my answer to 5. After seeing some of the other mockups and posts, I think we need more contrast not spacing. Or smaller spacing like the post below
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I feel like a 2px margin between posts works pretty well:
As for the folks asking for the message area to be stretched across the entire screen... yeah, no. Having a thinner column is FAR preferable for readability. It's incredibly irritating to have to run my eyes across the entire screen just to read a single line of text.
(Yes, I'm using the unofficial dark theme.)
As for the folks asking for the message area to be stretched across the entire screen... yeah, no. Having a thinner column is FAR preferable for readability. It's incredibly irritating to have to run my eyes across the entire screen just to read a single line of text.
Yeah, each post has way too much space surrounding it.
Everything has too much space surrounding it. Stuff needs to be more compact me thinks.
Everything has too much space surrounding it. Stuff needs to be more compact me thinks.
Voted 5th but the choices aren't very extensive.
A. I don't think that adding such huge gap between posts is a good idea at all.
B. 12pt is a bit large for the main font. I'm looking at the page with it right now and the text is huge. Why not go with 11pt?
C. Instead of opting for some fixed font you could look into using system fonts instead.
D. First thing I'd do is make the report/quote/reply buttons in each post way less visible. This will have big effect on how a thread page is perceived.
A. I don't think that adding such huge gap between posts is a good idea at all.
B. 12pt is a bit large for the main font. I'm looking at the page with it right now and the text is huge. Why not go with 11pt?
C. Instead of opting for some fixed font you could look into using system fonts instead.
D. First thing I'd do is make the report/quote/reply buttons in each post way less visible. This will have big effect on how a thread page is perceived.
I voted 4 but yeah, I like this type of thin spacing even better.
