What do you guys think of the rumored switch from Helvetica Neue used in iOS 8 and Yosemite to Apple's new San Francisco font for the next major version of iOS and OS X?
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OS X System Font Changing to San Francisco?
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I don't really mind, I mean the two fonts are actually pretty similar.
I found this cool little game to see if you can spot the differences between them: LINK
Not sure. I wouldn’t say that nothing can replace Lucida Grande, but I have some concerns about the legibility of SF on non-Retina displays or Retina displays without a scaled resolution since I read about it. However, I do think that SF would be a better option for Helvetica Neue.
I don't much care, I've had my fonts switched back to "Lucida Grande" since the beginning of Yosemite, and it'll stay that way as forever I hope.
This is not the silliest poll ever on MacRumors.com, but it is certainly on the silly spectrum. When I began using Macs, the Mac System font was Chicago. Apple has changed the Mac System font before without dawning the Apocalypse. With the Grace of God, we will survive this change is the rumors are true.
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I think they should, even though San Francisco looks a bit worse, its way easier to read, and will be even more if they make adjustments to suit the desktop.
Download San Fransisco font, then locate Library in finder ->fonts, then drag the font FILES into the folder, do NOT delete the other system fonts. Restart and the font will be installed and you will have OS X 10.11 sort of#
They are indeed very similar, but it's in the little details that San Fransisco has the advantage (edges, spacing, width to name a few) - this is actually a much, much better system font than Helvetica.
I got 91%... but yeah, they are very similar. SF is a little heavier, and easier to read.
They should've moved to SF from 10.10.
I think it's a good move. I've compared the two side-by-side and like the look of San Fransisco a bit better.
Took it twice and got 75%. I've been using San Francisco as the system font on my Retina iMac since November so I recognized some of the questions right away, but still kind of ashamed at that score :/
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If anyone wants to compare the two side-by-side, here are a couple screenshots at Retina resolution (Helvetica Neue followed by San Francisco).
I think San Francisco is an attempt to address the readability issues that many people with non-retina displays complained about with Helvetica
I just hope the SF font weight is dark enough.
I'm so sick of seeing the thin/light weight fonts that lots of websites have jumped on because it's the "in" thing. Sure it's nice looking, but it's so hard to read.
Maybe....Apple will give us a choice in system font plus the ability to darken the washed out grey menu bar. Oh wait, that's too much to ask lol.
I'm so sick of seeing the thin/light weight fonts that lots of websites have jumped on because it's the "in" thing. Sure it's nice looking, but it's so hard to read.
Maybe....Apple will give us a choice in system font plus the ability to darken the washed out grey menu bar. Oh wait, that's too much to ask lol.
I voted don't care in the poll, but I have now installed san francisco and it's easier on my old eyes. Darker. So now vote that it's good.
Here is quick install if anyone is interested. You just run the quick install code, it downloads and installs it. No muss, no fuss.
It's listed here, mid page, so nobody thinks I am trying to pull something.
https://github.com/supermarin/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont
Here is quick install if anyone is interested. You just run the quick install code, it downloads and installs it. No muss, no fuss.
Code:
ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/supermarin/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont/master/install)"It's listed here, mid page, so nobody thinks I am trying to pull something.
https://github.com/supermarin/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont