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I'm going to go the unpopular route and ask, how mission-critical are fonts, really? Protected fonts such as these can't be mission-critical, legally, right? N

by Andrex 7mo ago

I'm going to go the unpopular route and ask, how mission-critical are fonts, really? Protected fonts such as these can't be mission-critical, legally, right? Never felt myself lacking for fonts in Docs, myself. Quite the opposite, Google Fonts has way more than I'd ever have preinstalled and is now my primary avenue for typeface discovery.

vrganj 7mo ago
Depends on what you do. Are you building a slide deck on your systems architecture? Probably doesn't matter. Are you building a marketing deck on your new corporate identity? Probably matters a lot. Either way, the tool I'm using shouldn't be the one deciding what matters and what doesn't. Just let me use my font as I please!
- brk 7mo ago
  It doesn't matter on the corporate identity either.
  - selectodude 7mo ago
    It may not matter to you, but in this circumstance, your opinion doesn’t matter.
    - SAI_Peregrinus 7mo ago
      It only matters to the designers. The users don't care which sans-serif font the designers picked, they all look the same.
      - circuit10 7mo ago
        It’s subtle, but attention to detail all around will add up to something that looks polished. I appreciate that as a user, at least
      - vrganj 7mo ago
        The designers are generally the ones doing and watching presentations on design. They are also the users of the office suite in this case.
      - rafram 7mo ago
        Fine, I’ll take the bait. If this is true, then why isn’t everything in the world Arial/Helvetica?
        bigstrat2003 7mo ago
        Because people are stupid enough to worry about many things which don't matter. This includes, but is not limited to, font choices.
        9864247888754 7mo ago
        [flagged]
        47282847 7mo ago
        Interesting how you seem so sure about what matters to other people, when the reality is that anything matters that people say matters to them. If people care about fonts, they do care about fonts. If I follow your train of thought to its logical conclusion, nothing matters. Which is correct, but sort of pointless to state. On top of this nothingness, we typically stack personal preferences.
      - ozaark 7mo ago
        You'd be hesitant to trust a brand if it can't keep consistent styling. Branding helps users identify a brand and believe it or not the aesthetics of a brand make a great deal of impact on consumers. As others have said, your point comes across as "let's remove design who cares" because design and human computer interaction roles stopped where your understanding ends. Everything looks the same to you after all (it doesn't, you just haven't noticed it affecting your decision making).
        SAI_Peregrinus 7mo ago
        Consistency is not the same as making a technically-unique-but-visually-indistinguishable Helvetica clone.
- Andrex 7mo ago
  I could see some kafkaesque organization writing-up or firing someone for using the wrong font on a PowerPoint presentation. Such companies should be mocked and shamed, not held up as examples to follow.

by Andrex 7mo ago

vrganj 7mo ago

Depends on what you do. Are you building a slide deck on your systems architecture? Probably doesn't matter. Are you building a marketing deck on your new corporate identity? Probably matters a lot. Either way, the tool I'm using shouldn't be the one deciding what matters and what doesn't. Just let me use my font as I please!

brk 7mo ago
It doesn't matter on the corporate identity either.
- selectodude 7mo ago
  It may not matter to you, but in this circumstance, your opinion doesn’t matter.
  - SAI_Peregrinus 7mo ago
    It only matters to the designers. The users don't care which sans-serif font the designers picked, they all look the same.
    - circuit10 7mo ago
      It’s subtle, but attention to detail all around will add up to something that looks polished. I appreciate that as a user, at least
    - vrganj 7mo ago
      The designers are generally the ones doing and watching presentations on design. They are also the users of the office suite in this case.
    - rafram 7mo ago
      Fine, I’ll take the bait. If this is true, then why isn’t everything in the world Arial/Helvetica?
      - bigstrat2003 7mo ago
        Because people are stupid enough to worry about many things which don't matter. This includes, but is not limited to, font choices.
        9864247888754 7mo ago
        [flagged]
        47282847 7mo ago
        Interesting how you seem so sure about what matters to other people, when the reality is that anything matters that people say matters to them. If people care about fonts, they do care about fonts. If I follow your train of thought to its logical conclusion, nothing matters. Which is correct, but sort of pointless to state. On top of this nothingness, we typically stack personal preferences.
    - ozaark 7mo ago
      You'd be hesitant to trust a brand if it can't keep consistent styling. Branding helps users identify a brand and believe it or not the aesthetics of a brand make a great deal of impact on consumers. As others have said, your point comes across as "let's remove design who cares" because design and human computer interaction roles stopped where your understanding ends. Everything looks the same to you after all (it doesn't, you just haven't noticed it affecting your decision making).
      - SAI_Peregrinus 7mo ago
        Consistency is not the same as making a technically-unique-but-visually-indistinguishable Helvetica clone.
Andrex 7mo ago
I could see some kafkaesque organization writing-up or firing someone for using the wrong font on a PowerPoint presentation. Such companies should be mocked and shamed, not held up as examples to follow.