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  1. 04-14-2021 10:53 PM #1
    Dagget
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    New font on PC?

    Noticed that text over chars heads is a different font now, is that only on PC's or other platforms seeing that? Everyone in my FC sees the change as well
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  2. 04-15-2021 12:18 AM #2
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    Yea it's pretty bad
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    It's exceptionally worse than the old font.
    It might be due to the lack of outline, but it's just not great. Reminds me of some cheap game that just didn't care about styling.
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    I know that they improved the resolution for many things including font; maybe that's what's different? Due to the higher res, it looks more "squared" and not as soft/rounded as before that was caused by the lower res.
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  5. 04-15-2021 01:20 AM #5
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    Well whatever they have done, it is harder to read and frankly looks terrible.
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    I think it's fine but many seems to dislike it. I wouldn't mind to see they add outline or the option to switch between old and "new".
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    I rather like it, tbh
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dagget View Post
    Noticed that text over chars heads is a different font now, is that only on PC's or other platforms seeing that? Everyone in my FC sees the change as well
    Hi Dag XD
    Yeah noticed it too. See other thread lol
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    So far as I can tell, the font is a vast improvement at high resolutions, like 4k -- and it's definitely more clean and legible on the PS5 in my opinion. But it doesn't seem to scale as well to lower resolutions, and it also doesn't seem to play so well with some graphical post-processing systems (like certain Nvidia Freestyle or ReShade/GShade settings). So for some people the font's going to be crisp, clean, and more easily legible... but for others the change in outline and shape seemingly muddies it a bit and reduces legibility, especially in crowds.

    So yeah, they probably could stand to let people toggle between the two fonts.
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  10. 04-15-2021 02:12 AM #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by RyoXander View Post
    I know that they improved the resolution for many things including font; maybe that's what's different? Due to the higher res, it looks more "squared" and not as soft/rounded as before that was caused by the lower res.
    Not due to that. I've used HD UI for a long time
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