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Google Fonts Redesigned

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Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#61

I still have the same problem I had with the old UI: The only reason I come to this site to get the copy/paste one liner to put a certain font on my site, but every time it takes me a few minutes to find it

1. Click a font's plus icon

2. Click on "1 Family Selected"

3. Copy the embed link from the dialog.

How is that hard?

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#62
post #46

This redesign is awesome, but I think it might have killed my side project. I’ve been working on a site that offers google fonts with better visuals and search by font feature (x-height, stroke contrast, etc) functionality. Sunk 30+ hours into it designing + coding up the front end while my friend works on programmatically tagging the font on the backend. I want to continue working on my project, but it now feels a l…

IMHO, if Google has scratched your itch, then I think I would find something else that needs to be done.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#65
These all look really bad on my Win 10 + Chrome machine. It's like the clear type settings aren't working right? Every font has a very fuzzy/blurry edge. Really weird. It's almost like it's rendering small and blowing up. Rather than rendering large and anti-aliasing.

Maybe something is wrong with my PC?

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#66
post #46

This redesign is awesome, but I think it might have killed my side project. I’ve been working on a site that offers google fonts with better visuals and search by font feature (x-height, stroke contrast, etc) functionality. Sunk 30+ hours into it designing + coding up the front end while my friend works on programmatically tagging the font on the backend. I want to continue working on my project, but it now feels a l…

You could generalize the tool, so it also works for other fonts?

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#68

"Your browser is not currently supported. Google Fonts works best on Chrome, Firefox, or Safari." Google still treating Edge users like trash, I see[0]. Microsoft Edge works fine for the vast majority of websites, and a block like this telling you to get a different browser is incredibly painful. If you tell me I need a different browser, I'm going to find a different company or website to do business with. [0]Gmail…

It's not just Edge users, I get the same constant annoyances with Firefox.

On the computers I use Firefox, I only get it the first time I use Gmail. Then it doesn't return. But on Edge it seems like it's all the time.

And for those who are curious: I submitted feedback about it both with the Submit Feedback button and on the Gmail Help Forum.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#69
It looks like mad libs to me with all these little boxes in place of some of the letters. This appear to be little input boxes. You can grab and resize the box but it snaps back, you can also type in the box but it is quickly erased.

Super ridiculous.

Re: Google Fonts Redesigned

#70

This is a gorgeous redesign that really lets the typography shine, as well as deftly addressing numerous usability issues with the old site. The family size filter in particular makes finding a usable set of weights much easier, and the featured section adds a welcome new layer of curation. Two minor observations: - It would be a great addition to the family size slider to be able to filter for "contains italics." So…

Are you using chrome? It looks pretty dumb in firefox.

It looks like this.

http://imgur.com/IT7x83h

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