# I wish this site used serif fonts **URL:** \ **Category:** Site Feedback\ **Created:** [June 23, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965 "2023-06-23T04:13:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 4:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/1 "2023-06-23T04:13:15Z")
I keep reading about some guy named Al. He seems to be in a lot of threads. More recently, there’s a thread with two guys named Al having a fight, in a site owned by a third guy named Al. I’m just surprised Al Gore isn’t involved yet. # [AI Trump vs AI Biden in AI-Generated Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-trump-vs-ai-biden-in-ai-generated-debate/985914) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 4:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/2 "2023-06-23T04:32:04Z")
🎶 “I sought the serif…” “But it didn’t suit the devs, you see…” 🎶 ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 5:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/3 "2023-06-23T05:18:12Z")
Install the Stylus extension: [Firefox](https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/) [Chrome](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne) [Wikipedia page](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stylus_(browser_extension)) And then install this Stylus extension I just wrote: [Click the blue Install button on the bottom right.](https://userstyles.world/style/10540/sdmb-serif-font) I’ll fix it if someone wants me to. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/4 "2023-06-23T07:31:14Z")
@Derleth: Maybe it’s just me, but I tend to think Georgia makes for the better serif font. Maybe just setting the font family to “serif” would be good, so it will use the browser’s default serif font, which people can configure. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/5 "2023-06-23T09:48:20Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > 🎶 “I sought the serif…” > > “But it didn’t suit the devs, you see…” 🎶 - 👍 Wow. I post one of Discourse’s emojis and they complain there weren’t enough characters. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 9:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/6 "2023-06-23T09:58:47Z")
Done, and I think it does look better. ---
**Author:** ![Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/qadgop_the_mercotan/32/83_2.png) [@Qadgop\_the\_Mercotan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Qadgop_the_Mercotan)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/7 "2023-06-23T14:48:24Z")
Weird AI was rather upset to hear that any music he produces will no longer be considered eligible for [Grammy awards](https://uproxx.com/indie/weird-al-yankovic-response-ai-music-grammys/). ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/8 "2023-06-23T15:44:43Z")
Discourse has a how-to article on how an administrator can change the default font. > **[Change the default font on your site](https://meta.discourse.org/t/change-the-default-font-on-your-site/21282)** > > ℹ These instructions are needed if you need to integrate with a font library other than Google Fonts or to change the font of only some elements of the site. If you are using Google Fonts and want to change the font globally across your site, try... I think this is for the site-wide default. I imagine this is something that can be set on a per-theme basis, also. (And that might be a better answer.) ---
**Author:** ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/9 "2023-06-23T18:57:50Z")
Phil Foglio’s _Buck Godot_ comics included a graphic novel titled “PSmIth” featuring a telepathic group mind. One gets the joke much faster in a serif font. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/10 "2023-06-23T19:02:22Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Install the Stylus extension: What does that mean, please? What’s an extension? ---
**Author:** ![Exapno\_Mapcase](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/exapno_mapcase/32/1051_2.png) [@Exapno\_Mapcase](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Exapno_Mapcase)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 7:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/11 "2023-06-23T19:04:12Z")
Beat the OP by four hours in that linked thread. > [@AI Trump vs AI Biden in AI-Generated Debate](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ai-trump-vs-ai-biden-in-ai-generated-debate/985914/5): > > I read the title and all I could think of was, Where’s Al Gore? Fi on all fonts that make the small “l” and the capital “i” interchangeable! Thanks for making it a topic that provided a solution. Wow. I installed @BigT’s workaround and everything looks way different in serifs. Thanks to you, too, for the effort. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/12 "2023-06-23T20:08:17Z")
An extension, here, is a browser extension. It’s a small piece of software you install into your web browser by going to a special site and giving it permission to install that software. I gave links to the sites relevant to both Firefox and Chrome for the extension under discussion, which is called Stylus. Which browser do you use? ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/13 "2023-06-23T20:25:38Z")
That extension doesn’t appear to be available for mobile Firefox, so no soap for me. (Since 90% of my SDMB participation is from my smartphone.) ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/14 "2023-06-23T20:30:53Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Which browser do you use? I use Chrome on an Acer. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/15 "2023-06-23T20:34:37Z")
Then click [this link](https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/stylus/clngdbkpkpeebahjckkjfobafhncgmne), install the extension, then click on [this link](https://userstyles.world/style/10540/sdmb-serif-font) and click the blue Install button near the bottom right of the page (you may need to scroll down) to install my actual style relevant to these pages. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 8:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/16 "2023-06-23T20:37:16Z")
Yay! it worked! Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [June 23, 2023, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/17 "2023-06-23T22:02:21Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > That extension doesn’t appear to be available for mobile Firefox, so no soap for me. (Since 90% of my SDMB participation is from my smartphone.) ⁢ Stylus isn’t, but the Android version of Firefox does provide TamperMonkey, which can be finagled to do apply stylesheets. Install TM from the addons list, and then click the Install button here: > **[About | boards.straightdope.com serif font | Userscripts | OpenUserJS](https://openuserjs.org/scripts/BigTSDMB/boards.straightdope.com_serif_font)** > > Change the SDMB font to serif ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [June 24, 2023, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/18 "2023-06-24T13:25:37Z")
This works well. Thanks. Now I have to decide if I actually prefer a serif font over the usual sans. Probably just a matter of getting used to it. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![rowrrbazzle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rowrrbazzle/32/414_2.png) [@rowrrbazzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rowrrbazzle)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 3:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/19 "2023-06-26T03:52:01Z")
FUNNY! 🤣 ---
**Author:** ![GaryM](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/garym/32/241_2.png) [@GaryM](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GaryM)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2023, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965/20 "2023-06-26T04:03:39Z")
Installed and working fine, Thanks [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-wish-this-site-used-serif-fonts/985965.md?page=2)