[wp-trac] [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:  new         
 Priority:  normal  |   Milestone:  2.7         
Component:  UI      |     Version:  2.7         
 Severity:  normal  |    Keywords:  dev-feedback
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 I just noticed something about the font in WordPress. It looks a bit
 ''off'' to me. It was fine-looking before. I seem to have tracked the
 issue down to the default font WordPress uses in the back-end. I did some
 searching and it looks like the main font it uses is ''Lucida Grande''. I
 think I just now noticed it because I was playing with some new programs
 in Ubuntu and one of them installed some new fonts. I'm guessing that I
 never had ''Lucida Grande'' before that program installed it. So, I guess
 my browser was using the next possible font in the font-family declaration
 which is ''Verdana''. But, now that I have ''Lucida Grande'' it is using
 that. So I assume that is why I noticed the change suddenly. But, however
 it happened is irrelevant to the point of this ticket.

 The point is: The WordPress back-end was looking pretty slick before but
 now it just seems, well, off. Have a look at the screenshot I'm attaching.
 It will show you what I'm seeing. Ugly in my opinion. I think the whole
 interface looked much better with a font like ''Verdana''. I can't even
 tell you for sure why I don't like the ''Lucida Grande''. Something about
 it just doesn't feel right... It could just be me and/or my setup I
 suppose but I don't know. I guess my overall feeling is just that the font
 doesn't seem to fit in with the rest of the interface. It sticks out like
 a sore thumb in my opinion.

 So my question is, can anything be done about this? Could we maybe use a
 different default font for the back-end? Or is this how it is supposed to
 be? Some details of why that particular font was used would be nice at the
 very least.

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