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If you have bad designers then yes, that makes your life harder. But insisting on a custom font doesn’t make that person a bad designer if there’s a valid reaso
by robin_reala 4y ago
If you have bad designers then yes, that makes your life harder. But insisting on a custom font doesn’t make that person a bad designer if there’s a valid reason why including it would improve the users’ experiences.
- xigoi 4y agoIn what context would a custom font improve the user's experience?
- robin_reala 4y ago- If the font is part of a brand identity that the user trusts (there’s a reason Times New Roman has Times in it). - If the font has associations with a particular place or time that you want to imbue your system with. - If you give the user themselves the ability to select a font that works best for them (for example a font focused on the dyslexia reading experience in an ereader).
- kwhitefoot 4y ago> if there’s a valid reason why including it would improve the users’ experiences. Such as?
- marc_io 4y agoDisplaying math equations or specific language characters.
- kwhitefoot 4y agoWhich is really quite rare when the page is non-technical and in English so why do so many pages insist on downloading fonts?
- marc_io 4y agoMostly marketing and branding: the desire for self-expression, to establish a visual identity and a feeling tone in the message.