# Unexpected font change **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [November 23, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613 "2013-11-23T10:21:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 10:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/1 "2013-11-23T10:21:02Z")
Somehow this evening the font on display, for text in threads, has changed from the familiar one to some other. I don’t know how this happened, but I am going to test it by changing to Trebuchet MS to see if something went wrong… ---
**Author:** ![samclem](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a9a28c/32.png) [@samclem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/samclem)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 12:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/2 "2013-11-23T12:26:26Z")
See [SDMB Visual Changes (IE11) - About This Message Board - Straight Dope Message Board](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?t=708104) ---
**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/3 "2013-11-23T16:00:58Z")
Once again, to the best of my knowledge, nothing has changed here at the SDMB. ---
**Author:** ![Canadjun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/76d3ee/32.png) [@Canadjun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Canadjun)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/4 "2013-11-23T17:33:52Z")
Make sure it’s not just a size problem. Try hitting Ctrl0 (Cntrl Zero). ---
**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:** [November 23, 2013, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/5 "2013-11-23T17:37:43Z")
What browser are you using (and what version)? What operating system is your computer running? ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2013, 6:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/6 "2013-11-23T18:15:10Z")
Nobody expects the SDMB font change! ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 24, 2013, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/7 "2013-11-24T01:01:30Z")
> [@engineer\_comp\_geek](#): > > What browser are you using (and what version)? What operating system is your computer running? FWIW, my browser is AOL 9.7. The font quirk has corrected itself. ---
**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:** [November 25, 2013, 7:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/8 "2013-11-25T19:45:18Z")
> [@TubaDiva](#): > > Once again, to the best of my knowledge, nothing has changed here at the SDMB. Especially with that “once again,” this has a certain modern Sisyphus-Kafka ring to it. Not Camus. I don’t think. Definitely Kafka. ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 9:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/9 "2013-11-25T21:34:55Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > FWIW, my browser is AOL 9.7. > The font quirk has corrected itself. Use a mainstream browser. IE is fine. Firefox or Chrome is better. ---
**Author:** ![njtt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/ecd19e/32.png) [@njtt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/njtt)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/10 "2013-11-25T22:11:45Z")
There is still an AOL browser? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 25, 2013, 10:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/11 "2013-11-25T22:53:35Z")
My browser _is_ mainstream for all I know. Kafka? Camus? I wouldn’t know either of them if they came up and bit me on the nose. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2013, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/12 "2013-11-26T00:57:17Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Use a mainstream browser. IE is fine. Firefox or Chrome is better. The AOL browser is Chrome. Well, Chromium, the unbranded open source version of Chrome. ---
**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:** [November 26, 2013, 1:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/13 "2013-11-26T01:21:24Z")
> [@dougie\_monty](#): > > FWIW, my browser is AOL 9.7. What is your browser’s A/S/L? 😃 ---
**Author:** ![dougie\_monty](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/439d5e/32.png) [@dougie\_monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougie_monty)\ **Post date:** [November 26, 2013, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/unexpected-font-change/674613/14 "2013-11-26T07:34:16Z")
> [@Duckster](#): > > What is your browser’s A/S/L? > > 😃 How would I know?😕