# Hey! Why has everything suddenly gone Times New Roman? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 21, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119 "2000-08-21T02:46:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 10\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/1 "2000-08-21T02:46:37Z")
Huh? ---
**Author:** ![Scotticher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e9c0ed/32.png) [@Scotticher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Scotticher)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/2 "2000-08-21T02:47:53Z")
Are you feeling alright, sweetie? Scotti ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/3 "2000-08-21T02:48:59Z")
It does that for me only occasionally. Every so many posts, the text will appear in Times New Roman. Oddly, though, quoted stuff stays normal. Welfy’s also having font problems. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/4 "2000-08-21T02:51:50Z")
Never did before. And I don’t think it was a coincidence that it happened to Welfy at the same time. Sumpin’s wierd, but will probably go away and I can still read it. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 2:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/5 "2000-08-21T02:56:57Z")
Well, THAT’S better. I rebooted. ---
**Author:** ![kasuo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/8c91f0/32.png) [@kasuo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kasuo)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/6 "2000-08-21T04:08:34Z")
Ugh, I got sick of Times New Roman, especially when someone starts up Microsoft Word in my lab. Since that, I’ve taken a liking to any san serif fonts like Arial. Of course, Courier New will always ben an exception. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 5:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/7 "2000-08-21T05:48:51Z")
dropzone and Welfy, what browser and OS are you using? And what, exactly, shows up in Times? And have either of you made any major changes to your computer lately? \*\*Finally, is this last sentence different? ---
**Author:** ![Geek\_Mecha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ecae2f/32.png) [@Geek\_Mecha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Geek_Mecha)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 6:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/8 "2000-08-21T06:22:53Z")
Chronos, cool. I didn’t think that the case of the letters in the tag would make a difference, but they do. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [August 21, 2000, 5:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/9 "2000-08-21T17:57:45Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by kasuo \* > \*\*Courier New will always ben an exception. \*\* Ah! A nice mono-spaced font! Proportional spacing is sometimes the wrong choice, like in programming. ---
**Author:** ![Irishman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/b487fb/32.png) [@Irishman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Irishman)\ **Post date:** [August 22, 2000, 2:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-why-has-everything-suddenly-gone-times-new-roman/30119/10 "2000-08-22T02:41:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Chronos \* > \*\*dropzone and Welfy, what browser and OS are you using? And what, exactly, shows up in Times? And have either of you made any major changes to your computer lately? \*\*Finally, is this last sentence different? \*\* I have noticed this “problem” as well. However, I have not been motivated about it enough to check About This Message Board. So it’s a vB code thing?