I and some students have noticed, that in the font Populi uses, a "5" looks very similar to a "6". This has caused some confusion and mistakes in the past. You may consider changing either the font-face or size to make the differentiation more clear.
Thanks.
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Adam Sentz Hi Brad,
Since Populi is a web-based application, end-users actually have more control over how the fonts display than we do. All we can do is send the browser a list of suggested fonts to use. If the first one on the list is installed on the end-user's system then it will be used. If not the next one on the list, and so on until one is matched - otherwise the browser will choose a default. Many modern browsers have the ability to specify custom stylesheets - enabling end-users to over-ride our font specifications with any font that they prefer.
If a user would simply prefer the text to be larger they can take advantage of the "zoom" function that is built into all modern browsers - the hot-key is usually Ctrl+ to zoom in in Windows or Cmd+ in Mac OSX.
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Bill Peed Is there any way Populi could enlarge the font size outside of increasing font size through the browser selection? I would like my font in Populi to be larger, but I don't necessarily want the change to affect all other web-based programs I might be using. Thanks.
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Adam Sentz @Bill - Browsers generally handle zooming in a per-tab or per-window basis. So, zooming in shouldn't affect all other web-based programs you might be using.
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Adam Sentz We recently changed the font in Populi and tweaked a lot of the sizes to improve readability. Hopefully it's working better for you now.
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Dan Scharnau my font size changed so that I can hardly read it. My font has not changed in any thing in any other parts of the my computers programs only Populi. How do I make return it to original size?
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Adam Sentz @Dan - Sounds like you may have inadvertently changed your browser's zoom setting. This can happen on a PC if you're holding the Ctrl key when you scroll. On a PC you can usually press Ctrl + 0 to return to 100% zoom (on a Mac it's Cmd + 0). Give that a try.
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