[wp-trac] Re: [WordPress Trac] #8352: Font Issue in Ubuntu

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#8352: Font Issue in Ubuntu
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 Reporter:  jick          |        Owner:          
     Type:  defect        |       Status:  reopened
 Priority:  normal        |    Milestone:  2.7     
Component:  UI            |      Version:  2.7     
 Severity:  normal        |   Resolution:          
 Keywords:  dev-feedback  |  
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Comment (by kpdesign):

 Replying to [comment:11 jick]:
 > It's still not Verdana for me...
 >
 > By "''dominant font''" do you mean everything is in Verdana for you now?
 Cause if it is, then that must mean you're missing the Lucida Grande font
 on your system. But it seems that I '''do''' have Lucida Grande on
 '''my''' system so I see that rather than Verdana. And Lucida Grande is
 still ugly to me...

 Lucida Grande is not on my system - I do have Lucida Console, Lucida Sans
 and Lucida Sans Unicode.

 Most of the interface text is now Verdana for me, the exception being the
 page headings, menu section titles, and a few others on the dashboard.

 > I'm still not sure if it's the font itself or just some configuration
 problem but the font does look '''really''' bad for me. I wish Verdana
 would come back...

 You're right...Lucida Grande isn't so "grand" to look at, regardless of
 the OS.

 > I can see how some would just think "''why not just remove Lucida Grande
 from your system?''" but I don't think that is the right approach. The
 interface must be consistent. We need a default font that will look great
 on all platforms/setups. We shouldn't have to modify our systems to make
 the interface look decent.

 I agree - there needs to be one font that works/looks good on all
 platforms without asking the end user to modify their individual system to
 turn a font on/off.

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