Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by jasalo » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 11:35 PM UTC

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Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by BafS » Mon, Jul 11, 2016, 11:50 PM UTC

Yes, the new font-family is now:

  -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by Ezhik » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 12:32 AM UTC

BafS wrote: post #2

Yes, the new font-family is now: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";

If I'm running OS X pre-El Capitan, will `-apple-system` and `BlinkMacSystemFont` resolve to Helvetica, or will I end up seeing Roboto and Segoe UI if I have either installed?

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by 0x54MUR41 » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 1:32 AM UTC

I think, they did. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Mozilla Firefox. The font size has a big size than the previous one.

Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073109

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by hopechen » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 2:49 AM UTC

i think so, it used to be helvatica

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by toufique » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 3:25 AM UTC

Looks like it. I was thrown off too.

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by xfalcox » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 3:58 AM UTC

Noticed this earlier today. It's using Ubuntu on Gnome Ubuntu 16.04 with Chrome.

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by anishathalye » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 5:40 AM UTC

If you don't like it, you can fix it by using this: https://github.com/rreusser/the-old-github-font

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by doctrine » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 6:52 AM UTC

Ezhik wrote: post #3

BafS wrote: post #2

Yes, the new font-family is now: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";

If I'm running OS X pre-El Capitan, will `-apple-system` and `BlinkMacSystemFont` resolve to Helvetica, or will I end up seeing Roboto and Segoe UI if I have either installed?

You will end up seeing Segoe UI, if that isn't installed you'll see Roboto, if that isn't installed you'll see Helvetica and so on.

Re: Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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Post by Ezhik » Tue, Jul 12, 2016, 7:36 AM UTC

doctrine wrote: post #9

Ezhik wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I'm running OS X pre-El Capitan, will `-apple-system` and `BlinkMacSystemFont` resolve to Helvetica, or will I end up seeing Roboto and Segoe UI if I have either installed?

You will end up seeing Segoe UI, if that isn't installed you'll see Roboto, if that isn't installed you'll see Helvetica and so on.

Actually, now that I can try this on my machine, it does show Helvetica.