How to change display font?

[BDRebel]

The default font is hard for me to read - is it possible to change it in my display? (darker, possibly a bit larger)

[Flatbush Flyer]

Yes -on an iPhone 7+ with iOS 10.3.2, the gray font is way too light. And, no, there's nothing wrong with my phone (also tried it on a second iPhone).

[CC Help Jenn]

We hear you re: font and are working on it 🙂

 

Thank you

[BDRebel]

Four minutes for an official reply??

OUTSTANDING!  Thanks

[Silkroad]

Different font colors and sizes would be nice too

[CC Help Jenn]

Just now, BDRebel said:

Four minutes for an official reply??

OUTSTANDING!  Thanks

 

You're welcome!  We have been pretty much locked in a room and focused on forums for weeks 🙂   I kid (a little) 

 

[BDRebel]

Your work is greatly appreciated by many on this board.

Hope you get out of your prison cube and get some fresh air😉

[Flatbush Flyer]

2 minutes ago, CC Help Jenn said:

We hear you re: font and are working on it 🙂

 

Thank you

Thank you for the immediate response.

a couple of other observations from someone who exclusively used only the iOS app:

with the understanding that it may get easier with practice, understand that the old app was far easier to navigate (e.g., far less clicks to get to subscribed threads), there were notification badges on the home screen app icon, there was a "notifications" screen on the app that collected all your ongoing conversations (I guess "activity" is supposed to sort of do that).

in any case, good luck (really, I do wish you good fortune) with trying to get exclusive iOS app users to be happy with the changes.. I expect that many users will continue to hope you'll put the app back into service.

[CC Help Jenn]

1 minute ago, Flatbush Flyer said:

Thank you for the immediate response.

a couple of other observations from someone who exclusively used only the iOS app:

with the understanding that it may get easier with practice, understand that the old app was far easier to navigate (e.g., far less clicks to get to subscribed threads), there were notification badges on the home screen app icon, there was a "notifications" screen on the app that collected all your ongoing conversations (I guess "activity" is supposed to sort of do that).

in any case, good luck (really, I do wish you good fortune) with trying to get exclusive iOS app users to be happy with the changes.. I expect that many users will continue to hope you'll put the app back into service.

 

We do appreciate the feedback.  We are not averse to having an app, we do not have one at the moment though.

 I do not know whether or not we will to be quite honest but we will keep all feedback in mind

[FiftyOnePlus]

Please make text darker......can hardly read anything now!

[sisocialworker]

a back to top of the screen button?

[Sekhmet]

Another vote against the new font - too pale and thin for my liking - can it be made selectable, please?

[S.A.M.J.R.]

Just now, sisocialworker said:

a back to top of the screen button?

Press the home button on your keyboard (assuming you're working from a desktop). 

[S.A.M.J.R.]

Testing for red.

Red bold

Black bold

[Pierlesscruisers]

20 minutes ago, CC Help Jenn said:

 

You're welcome!  We have been pretty much locked in a room and focused on forums for weeks 🙂   I kid (a little) 

 

Do they let you out to go on cruises?

Tom

[Luvcrusn]

I'm having difficulty reading the font on a desktop computer let alone on my phone! I'll be typing in bold until it's fixed. I'm not shouting, just trying to make my post easier to read.

[bob278]

2 hours ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:

Press the home button on your keyboard (assuming you're working from a desktop). 

Thank you.  Who knew it would be that simple.  And it probably always worked.  Oh the time I've wasted over the years scrollong.........

[bob278]

2 hours ago, S.A.M.J.R. said:

Testing for red.

Red bold

Black bold

I'm pretty sure the comments are about the forum default font, not what we post.  At least that's my complaint.  I know I have some control over the font in my posts, but everything in the default is hard to read.  But Jenn has told us it is being addressed and I am confident they can come up with something that will be easier to read.

[S.A.M.J.R.]

12 minutes ago, bob278 said:

I'm pretty sure the comments are about the forum default font, not what we post.  At least that's my complaint.  I know I have some control over the font in my posts, but everything in the default is hard to read.  But Jenn has told us it is being addressed and I am confident they can come up with something that will be easier to read.

Oh, I agree.  I just wanted to see what the other colors/bolding look like. 

[bob278]

The education process is on-going.  With no action on my part, I got a notification about S.A.M.J.R's quoting my post.  But this thread did not show up in my "Content I Follow" stream.  It seems posting in a thread no longer "Subscribes (follows)" a thread automatically.  Plus there are options on notifications.

A lot more options requires more actions on our part (or blind acceptance of defaults we know nothing about).  I look forward to learning and finding out that I like it.  For now, there are quite a few problems to overcome in my opinion.  Some examples (with comments)

Default font nearly unreadable (Jenn said they are addressing - good.  I'll temporarily try to remember to bold my text)

Back to Top feature gone (but someone posted that desktops can use the Home key - good)

Can't go to first unread post in a thread (this could drive me away altogether)

Can't preview replies (a lot of editing will be going on)

Can't see a simple list of threads I am subscribed to [following]  (Using "Content I follow" under Activity gives posts for all threads I am following and I can compress that to one line.  It's a poor substitute, but at least it's something)

[CC Help Jenn]

Font has been tweaked! 

[OCruisers]

6 minutes ago, bob278 said:

The education process is on-going.  With no action on my part, I got a notification about S.A.M.J.R's quoting my post.  But this thread did not show up in my "Content I Follow" stream.  It seems posting in a thread no longer "Subscribes (follows)" a thread automatically.  Plus there are options on notifications.

A lot more options requires more actions on our part (or blind acceptance of defaults we know nothing about).  I look forward to learning and finding out that I like it.  For now, there are quite a few problems to overcome in my opinion.  Some examples (with comments)

Default font nearly unreadable (Jenn said they are addressing - good.  I'll temporarily try to remember to bold my text)

Back to Top feature gone (but someone posted that desktops can use the Home key - good)

Can't go to first unread post in a thread (this could drive me away altogether)

Can't preview replies (a lot of editing will be going on)

Can't see a simple list of threads I am subscribed to [following]  (Using "Content I follow" under Activity gives posts for all threads I am following and I can compress that to one line.  It's a poor substitute, but at least it's something)

Bob .... Agree ..." Content I follow" is better than nothing!  

[bob278]

And I keep on learning.  I turned off notifications for this thread but got one anyway.

And I'll share something else I learned.  Posting in a thread does not subscribe/follow it automatically.  You have to select follow manually.  At least my old subscribed threads came across as followed.

Edited October 16, 2018 by bob278

[Katie H]

On my laptop, I bumped screen size up to 120% and it is really easy to read.  I used Control with the + sign to get there.

[Krazy Kruizers]

I agree with others -- I want to see different fonts, being able to chose a size and to print in different colors.