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I wear glasses and light fonts on light backgrounds suck hard. I noticed Mr. Ive doesn't wear glasses – at least in public. May be that's the problem. As for H
by mmariani 13y ago
I wear glasses and light fonts on light backgrounds suck hard. I noticed Mr. Ive doesn't wear glasses – at least in public. May be that's the problem.
As for Helvetica, I have nothing against as it is a fine typeface. A little overused, maybe that's why some trendy folks despise it so intensely. All the typography theory apart, in the end typefaces are all about personal taste.
Anyway, I don't know why they didn't go with something like Univers with configurable weight in the settings app. If they've chosen this path this problem simply wouldn't exist.
- k-mcgrady 13y ago>> "configurable weight in the settings app" They have configurable size in the settings. The reason I don't think they can do weight is that they use it to show different things in the UI (e.g. actionable text/buttons are heavier than content).
- fwr 13y agoMr. Ive is not the only employee of Apple
- gojomo 13y agoI'm beginning to wonder if tiny/slight fonts are a conscious plot to inoculate a product against too much use by uncool old people... sort of the reverse of places that use high-pitched whines to annoy youngsters away.