# Fonts

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873>\
**Category:** About This Message Board\
**Created:** [February 10, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873 "2013-02-10T14:58:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873/1 "2013-02-10T14:58:35Z")

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How does one change the default font for the board?  
Apparently the cat has set everything to bold comic sans.  
I am in hell.  
☹

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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 2:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873/2 "2013-02-10T14:59:38Z")

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I don’t believe you can set the font for the forum, only default fonts in your browser. Try resetting those.

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 4:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873/3 "2013-02-10T16:10:49Z")

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The Tropical Fish Forum looks ok, Times New Roman.  
The 'Dope looks like a Justin Beiber fan’s.  
:smack:

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**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\
**Post date:** [February 10, 2013, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fonts/649873/4 "2013-02-10T16:16:40Z")

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Firefox tools “allow pages to set their own fonts” does it, and indicates that the cat did something to Firefox, even though FF is set to Times New Roman.

No wet cat food tonight!

🙂