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I was surprised by how functional it is. I thought an analog, print-first font would look weird on an OLED screen, but it actually made the UI look more serious and it gets out of the way. I also found it's much easier for my brain to sight-read than the curvy Samsung font, funnily enough. I think it must be because I've encountered Times since childhood meaning the shapes of the words are burnt into my brain. Or perhaps it's the thick/thin parts of the letters being where my brain expects them to be.

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[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 28 points 5 months ago

Honestly? No.

It looks like the first own design my son would come up after a one week course of web design.

[–] Elting@piefed.social 23 points 5 months ago

This has to be rage bait.

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 21 points 5 months ago

I think it makes it look like a cheap drop-shipped device from China, but if it improves readability for you then go for it!

[–] Nurse_Robot@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago

I switched my phone to wingdings. It's horrible

[–] TrickDacy@lemmy.world 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You just renewed my appreciation for good font choices. Good font choices include many fonts in many contexts, but unless you're writing a college paper, times new Roman isn't one of them imo

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (2 children)

Haha, I just remembered how many people find my visual taste to be ugly.

People felt similar about my GTK theme:

[–] Elting@piefed.social 14 points 5 months ago (1 children)

OH my god you made a flowchart that goes from the bottom up too. I am literally crying, please never change.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

bows

Ugly is my style

[–] Stez827@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

That is nasty

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

For those wondering, I also tried ~~Sans Forgettica~~ OpenDyslexic, the special font for people with dyslexia, and I still found Times easier to read.

[–] Multiplexer@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Isn't Sans Forgetica the opposite of a font for dyslexics?
As I understand it, it is supposed to make reading harder, not easier.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 5 points 5 months ago

Ah youre right, I meant OpenDyslexic

[–] MurrayL@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Yeah, it seems like it. The most common fonts intended to actually help dyslexics seem to be Dyslexie and OpenDyslexic, although I’ve also seen people say Comic Sans is good.

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 5 months ago
[–] ieatpwns@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

It looks like you corrupted your fonts so it loaded times new Roman as the default

[–] Amuletta@lemmy.ca 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

To be truly authentic, the time should be in Roman numerals.

[–] SubArcticTundra@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

They shoukd add a sundial option

[–] MadnessForTsar@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago

It's looks like my unfinished college work with that fonts