# Are we not allowed to use different fonts anymore? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [April 29, 2015, 4:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776 "2015-04-29T04:14:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/101 "2015-04-30T12:47:38Z")
Ah yes, the SDMB. Where we welcome diversity and celebrate tolerance. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Fenris](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fenris/32/498_2.png) [@Fenris](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fenris)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/102 "2015-04-30T14:43:12Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > (And zombies aren’t closed because we want newbies to respond to zombies–if they have relevant information. Previously, when we did not want this, the reason we didn’t close them is because it’s just a lot of work. “We” didn’t close them? “We” want newbies…? When did you become a mod? Did someone forget to change your title? ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 2:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/103 "2015-04-30T14:53:38Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > (And zombies aren’t closed because we want newbies to respond to zombies–if they have relevant information. Previously, when we did not want this, the reason we didn’t close them is because it’s just a lot of work. > > And during both those times, we’ve had rules about zombies.) Again with the “we, we, we”. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/104 "2015-04-30T15:21:45Z")
> [@jsgoddess](#): > > I highly recommend it. Do you also highly recommend strictly black for long time posters like stoid as well or just for newbies? ---
**Author:** ![doorhinge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/a5b964/32.png) [@doorhinge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/doorhinge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/105 "2015-04-30T15:48:09Z")
> [@PlainJain](#): > > Again with the “we, we, we”. All the way home. 😃 Wheeeeeeee! ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/106 "2015-04-30T16:10:30Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Do you also highly recommend strictly black for long time posters like stoid as well or just for newbies? **jsgoddess** might be a little more partial to “strictly black” than most posters. 😉 Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![spinky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/59ef9b/32.png) [@spinky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/spinky)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/107 "2015-04-30T16:19:45Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > There’s no prohibition against posting in different colors, or different fonts. However, if you do it all the time, many people here will find it annoying, and intentionally annoying people falls under the “don’t be a jerk” rule. You don’t say. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/108 "2015-04-30T17:25:42Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > **jsgoddess** might be a little more partial to “strictly black” than most posters. > > 😉 > > Regards, > Shodan Ok did I get whooshed? Wonders, D. Smurf ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/109 "2015-04-30T17:33:49Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you do see a new user posting in an alternate font or color, please **politely** point out that this sort of thing goes against the culture of this board and will be considered annoying by many people here. Wouldn’t this be considered an example of junior modding? I can see a request such as “I have difficulty seeing certain colors because they don’t contrast very well, so I’d appreciate if you would stick to posting in black so I can read your posts better” as being a legitimate request, but I thought a comment by a non-moderator saying “Please stop doing that because it’s against board culture and we don’t do that here” was against the rules. I think that the second type of request ought to come from a moderator and that sending in a report would be the better way to go. ---
**Author:** ![bup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/6bbea6/32.png) [@bup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bup)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/110 "2015-04-30T17:54:04Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Ok did I get whooshed? Pretty much. Nobody wants to go blue. Smurf outta luck. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/111 "2015-04-30T18:04:32Z")
Huh. I’ve actually been posting in 95% black for years now. No one’s said a thing. ---
**Author:** ![Drunky\_Smurf](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/drunky_smurf/32/449_2.png) [@Drunky\_Smurf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Drunky_Smurf)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/112 "2015-04-30T18:05:42Z")
> [@bup](#): > > Pretty much. Nobody wants to go blue. Smurf outta luck. You’re just jealous because you’re stuck in that unsexy non-blue skin. ---
**Author:** ![cmyk](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cmyk/32/3353_2.png) [@cmyk](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cmyk)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/113 "2015-04-30T18:28:15Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > It’s not that your green font _annoyed_ me, it’s that _ **I can not see it** _. Well, OK, if I spend time adjusting my monitor settings, or copy and paste your post into something else so I can change the color… 10% of the population at large has that problem with the font you used. > > The following so you get an idea of what reading your posts is like for me. If you can’t read it then mouse over to highlight it. > > Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. > > Is that how you want to come across to one person in ten? > > For an occasional post that’s one thing, but for _every single post you make?_ Were you even aware of the problem? Huh? 😕 Using Photoshop’s Protanopia colorblindness preview, there’s no change in contrast against the white background of the board. Only a muddier change in hue. This is the what simulated difference is in coloration: From this: Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. To this: Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. ---
**Author:** ![Banquet\_Bear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/banquet_bear/32/373_2.png) [@Banquet\_Bear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Banquet_Bear)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/114 "2015-04-30T20:01:38Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > If you do see a new user posting in an alternate font or color, please **politely** point out that this sort of thing goes against the culture of this board and will be considered annoying by many people here. …I think this is a terrible suggestion. I find having posters hijack a thread to lecture others on “board culture” to be much more annoying than different coloured posts, and I don’t think that any of use would agree as to exactly what board culture is. ---
**Author:** ![FuriousGeorge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/ecae2f/32.png) [@FuriousGeorge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FuriousGeorge)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/115 "2015-04-30T20:03:30Z")
Sure, colors and funky fonts can be annoying, but is worth legislating? Meh, not so sure. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/116 "2015-04-30T20:08:06Z")
> [@Drunky\_Smurf](#): > > Ok did I get whooshed? > Wonders, > D. Smurf You would have to ask **Asimovian**. Regards, Shodan Source of Completely Failed Jokes since 2000 ---
**Author:** ![PlainJain](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5daacb/32.png) [@PlainJain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PlainJain)\ **Post date:** [April 30, 2015, 11:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/117 "2015-04-30T23:54:39Z")
> [@doorhinge](#): > > All the way home. 😃 > Wheeeeeeee! I laughed. ---
**Author:** ![TBG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/c89c15/32.png) [@TBG](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TBG)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/118 "2015-05-01T00:33:59Z")
> [@Shakes](#): > > Stoopid font rules!!:mad: This post has been defonted by the defontist. ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/119 "2015-05-01T01:16:39Z")
> [@Broomstick](#): > > It’s not that your green font _annoyed_ me, it’s that _ **I can not see it** _. Well, OK, if I spend time adjusting my monitor settings, or copy and paste your post into something else so I can change the color… 10% of the population at large has that problem with the font you used. > > The following so you get an idea of what reading your posts is like for me. If you can’t read it then mouse over to highlight it. > > Your green font results in a low-contrast situation for me which is very difficult to read. This should give you some idea of the problem. > > Is that how you want to come across to one person in ten? > > For an occasional post that’s one thing, but for _every single post you make?_ Were you even aware of the problem? This is probably pedantic of me, but is what you’re talking about colorblindness? Red-green colorblindness - which is what the vast majority of colorblind people are - would just make the green text a more murky shade of green. Even the weird, rare colorblind subtypes, like tritanopia or achromatopsia, wouldn’t actually reduce the contrast of fairly dark text against a light background. I’m not saying you don’t have some other type of colorblindness, of course, but I don’t think red-green people (which is where most of the 10% figure comes from) would have trouble with green on white. Green on red would be hard, but not white. (Colorblind or not, though, the green’s annoying). ---
**Author:** ![Octarine](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/22d042/32.png) [@Octarine](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Octarine)\ **Post date:** [May 1, 2015, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/are-we-not-allowed-to-use-different-fonts-anymore/718776/120 "2015-05-01T01:23:46Z")
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