[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #36753: Use system fonts for a faster, more native-feeling admin

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#36753: Use system fonts for a faster, more native-feeling admin
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 Reporter:  helen                                       |       Owner:
     Type:  task (blessed)                              |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal                                      |   Milestone:  4.6
Component:  Administration                              |     Version:
 Severity:  normal                                      |  Resolution:
 Keywords:  needs-screenshots good-first-bug has-patch  |     Focuses:  ui
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Comment (by netweb):

 Replying to [comment:75 johnbillion]:
 > GitHub has recently switched to system fonts and it looks like some
 users are reporting legibility issues:
 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12075623
 >
 > Is it worth investigating GitHub's new font stack to see if there are
 differences and any problems that are reported?


 To cite a few tweets from @mdo chronologically via
 https://twitter.com/mdo/with_replies

 * ~8 hours ago: https://twitter.com/mdo/status/753114872951476224
 > I removed Ubuntu and other Linux fonts from the new font stack yesterday
 afternoon. Should see a decent sans-serif now.

 * ~15 hours ago: https://twitter.com/mdo/status/753009355012792320
 > I removed the specific Linux references to our font stack yesterday
 afternoon. *Shouldn’t* be seeing Ubuntu font now.

 * ~ 36 hours ago: https://twitter.com/mdo/status/752622579219771393
 > Ubuntu, Oxygen, Cantarell, or Liberation Sans ;).

 Issues with Linux system fonts (it looks as though these have now been
 pulled from the GitHub font stack)

 * ~24 hours ago: https://twitter.com/mdo/status/752899896227659776
 > Ah, okay, so you're running OS X 10.9 or earlier then, right? 5% of our
 users run 10.9 or older so I didn't look super close.

 Issues with older OS X versions

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