Take a look at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009.

Preview: http://erdani.com/d/phobos-prerelease/


Destroy.

Andrei

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:10:33 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Take a look at https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009.
>
> Preview: http://erdani.com/d/phobos-prerelease/
>
> Destroy.
>
> Andrei

Didn't turn out like I had hoped.  Sorry.  Thumbs down.

Mike

On 6/5/15 4:18 PM, Mike wrote:
> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:10:33 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> Take a look at
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009.
>>
>> Preview: http://erdani.com/d/phobos-prerelease/
>>
>> Destroy.
>>
>> Andrei
>
> Didn't turn out like I had hoped.  Sorry.  Thumbs down.

Code, text, or both? -- Andrei

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:19:20 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/5/15 4:18 PM, Mike wrote:
>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:10:33 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> Take a look at
>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009.
>>>
>>> Preview: http://erdani.com/d/phobos-prerelease/
>>>
>>> Destroy.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Didn't turn out like I had hoped.  Sorry.  Thumbs down.
>
> Code, text, or both? -- Andrei

Both, actually.  I can't put my finger on it exactly, but the font seems look a little "fuzzier" than the current font, and appears less crisp.

The font sizes though are throwing me off.  It looks like you should reduce the code font size, but increase the text font size to give it an apples-to-apples comparison.  If you can do that I'll give it another look.

Mike

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:26:46 UTC, Mike wrote:
> Both, actually.  I can't put my finger on it exactly, but the font seems look a little "fuzzier" than the current font, and appears less crisp.

No hinting, I guess. That's not good for readability.

Andrei has a high-DPI display, hinting isn't as important there.

> The font sizes though are throwing me off.  It looks like you should reduce the code font size, but increase the text font size to give it an apples-to-apples comparison.  If you can do that I'll give it another look.

If it looks fine on one machine now, I wonder if such a change would make it look bad on that machine but fix it on others?

On 6/5/15 4:26 PM, Mike wrote:
> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:19:20 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>> On 6/5/15 4:18 PM, Mike wrote:
>>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:10:33 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>>> Take a look at
>>>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009.
>>>>
>>>> Preview: http://erdani.com/d/phobos-prerelease/
>>>>
>>>> Destroy.
>>>>
>>>> Andrei
>>>
>>> Didn't turn out like I had hoped.  Sorry.  Thumbs down.
>>
>> Code, text, or both? -- Andrei
>
> Both, actually.  I can't put my finger on it exactly, but the font seems
> look a little "fuzzier" than the current font, and appears less crisp.
>
> The font sizes though are throwing me off.  It looks like you should
> reduce the code font size, but increase the text font size to give it an
> apples-to-apples comparison.  If you can do that I'll give it another look.
>
> Mike

Roboto Mono does have a number of problems. I switched to Inconsolata, which aligns nicer. -- Andrei

The bikeshed looks fine the way it is, thanks.  But it should be green.

Seriously though, updating the website is probably a good idea.  My thoughts comparing:

* New font is smaller, harder to read than existing.  Have to bump it up
one in my browser.
* Bold doesn't look bold.  Did the bold unbold?
* The page needs more love than just a new font to be easily usable.
Blocks of lines run together.

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:42:05 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:

>
> Roboto Mono does have a number of problems. I switched to Inconsolata, which aligns nicer. -- Andrei

Added image to the pull request:  https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009#issuecomment-109483797

Looks a little weird.

Mike

On 6/5/15 4:47 PM, Mike wrote:
> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:42:05 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>
>>
>> Roboto Mono does have a number of problems. I switched to Inconsolata,
>> which aligns nicer. -- Andrei
>
> Added image to the pull request:
> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009#issuecomment-109483797
>
>
> Looks a little weird.
>
> Mike

Thanks! Those weird artifacts around monospace characters... my eyes going bad, image conversion error, or is that the actual look of it? -- Andrei

On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:55:34 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 6/5/15 4:47 PM, Mike wrote:
>> On Friday, 5 June 2015 at 23:42:05 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Roboto Mono does have a number of problems. I switched to Inconsolata,
>>> which aligns nicer. -- Andrei
>>
>> Added image to the pull request:
>> https://github.com/D-Programming-Language/dlang.org/pull/1009#issuecomment-109483797
>>
>>
>> Looks a little weird.
>>
>> Mike
>
> Thanks! Those weird artifacts around monospace characters... my eyes going bad, image conversion error, or is that the actual look of it? -- Andrei

That's actually the way it looks for me.