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AndrewSwift | 6 months ago

Cool, but I'd like us to get past the idea that a site has to use Times font to be retro.

Times is really not adapted for the web and is particularly bad on low-resolution screens. How many computer terminals used Times for anything but Word processing?

Verdana was released in 1996 — is that too recent?

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yreg|6 months ago

Verdana is sans serif, so not a replacement for Times New Roman.

Also, the website styles don't specify font-family at all, so you are complaining about your own browser defaults.

exodust|6 months ago

I think they meant that Verdana is a nice replacement for Times if you care about readability and presentation.

Good pickup on the font being the default browser choice, I didn't notice that!

trinix912|6 months ago

In the true spirit of the old web, you can adjust the default font in your browser's preferences to any font you prefer and the page respects it, as it doesn't specify what font to use at all.