# Did the board just change fonts?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [August 20, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664 "2008-08-20T13:32:10Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 1:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664/1 "2008-08-20T13:32:10Z")

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I haven’t changed any settings in my browser since yesterday, but it looks like the board is using a different font. Arial, I think. Anyone else notice a change? Anyone have any idea why? (Not that I’m spending much time thinking about it, just curious.)

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**Author:** ![dogbutler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dogbutler/32/428_2.png) [@dogbutler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dogbutler)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 2:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664/2 "2008-08-20T14:29:59Z")

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It looks the same to me.

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**Author:** ![Mark\_Ryle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/8dc957/32.png) [@Mark\_Ryle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mark_Ryle)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664/3 "2008-08-20T15:55:41Z")

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Pasting the OP into MS Word yields:

Username **The Weird One** : Trebuchet MS 14.

“Member”, “Join Date: March 2005”, “Posts: 2,045”, “Location: Cambridge, the Boston one”, and post title “Did the board just change fonts?” are all Verdana 8.

The body of the post is Trebuchet MS 10.

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**Author:** ![The\_Weird\_One](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7bcc69/32.png) [@The\_Weird\_One](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Weird_One)\
**Post date:** [August 20, 2008, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/did-the-board-just-change-fonts/460664/4 "2008-08-20T16:00:35Z")

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My computer just crashed, so I had to restart, and now the board looks “normal” again. Weirdness.