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Why would a website need a different font from the system font? I can get that there's "better" fonts (or at least worse ones) with different kerning or whateve
by ndriscoll 2y ago
Why would a website need a different font from the system font? I can get that there's "better" fonts (or at least worse ones) with different kerning or whatever, but surely people want a good font for everything? So the system is the right place to fix it.
Firefox lets you disable the ability for web pages to override the system font, and I did that a while back. Throw web fonts in the bad idea pile with blink and marquee.
- vFunct 2y agoIt’s usually because the system font is ugly, causing your fashion website to lose sales because it doesn’t match the style you’re selling. The style IS the message.
- ndriscoll 2y agoWhy would a user agent build functionality for more effective advertising?
- vFunct 2y agoSo you have more effective advertising? Oh, you thought people were gonna make websites for free?
- ndriscoll 2y agoYes? A massive amount of material on the web (including basically everything worthwhile) is given and frequently even made for free. In any case, that has nothing to do with the user agent. Why would browsers (the agent of the user) implement functionality to make more effective advertisements?
- KronisLV 2y agoFor the same reason that an OS like Windows puts ads in their Start Menu, presumably. Because their audiences are either captive, uneducated, uncaring or a mix of those and therefore will accept whatever defaults you throw at them. If those defaults help you as the org to make more money, then it’s a no brainer.
- vFunct 2y agoThe free stuff is junk. Anything worthwhile you will need to pay for. People don’t want to work for free, regardless of how little you value their time. As always, you get what you pay for.