# Font Test

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [September 28, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835 "2015-09-28T13:25:25Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/1 "2015-09-28T13:25:25Z")

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See what this is like.  
Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/2 "2015-09-28T13:29:44Z")

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I was wondering if you chose a font, if it would default back to something if you did not sign in. Apparently not.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/3 "2015-09-28T15:14:51Z")

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If you did not sign in? What does that mean?

Are you saying you posted as Shodan, but then logged out to read and see what the board looked like? Why would that make a difference?

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**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/4 "2015-09-28T15:48:00Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> If you did not sign in? What does that mean?

It means logged in.

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> Are you saying you posted as Shodan, but then logged out to read and see what the board looked like?

Yes.

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> Why would that make a difference?

I thought it might, but it doesn’t.

Regards,  
Shodan

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**Author:** ![Leo\_Bloom](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leo_bloom/32/10377_2.png) [@Leo\_Bloom](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leo_Bloom)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/5 "2015-09-28T15:56:56Z")

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I like this thread a lot.

Regards,  
Franklin Gothic Medium

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**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/6 "2015-09-28T17:12:18Z")

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I believe you’ll only see the particular font if it resides on your PC.

I could be wrong.

I could be really really wrong

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**Author:** ![engineer\_comp\_geek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/engineer_comp_geek/32/504_2.png) [@engineer\_comp\_geek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/engineer_comp_geek)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 5:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/7 "2015-09-28T17:47:06Z")

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Certain fonts do render differently on different browsers and different devices and operating systems.

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**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 7:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/8 "2015-09-28T19:34:16Z")

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But do any render differently based on if you are logged in or not?

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**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\
**Post date:** [September 28, 2015, 8:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/9 "2015-09-28T20:01:09Z")

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> [@Irishman](#):
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> But do any render differently based on if you are logged in or not?

No.

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**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\
**Post date:** [September 29, 2015, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/font-test/732835/10 "2015-09-29T02:46:08Z")

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> [@Shodan](#):
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> I was wondering if you chose a font, if it would default back to something if you did not sign in. Apparently not.
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> Regards,  
> Shodan

I greened your fonts.

Regards,  
The Chlorofiller.