Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

62 points by jasalo 9 years ago | 19 comments

BafS 9 years ago |

Yes, the new font-family is now:

  -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";

Ezhik 9 years ago | |

If I'm running OS X pre-El Capitan, will `-apple-system` and `BlinkMacSystemFont` resolve to Helvetica, or will I end up seeing Roboto and Segoe UI if I have either installed?

doctrine 9 years ago | | |

You will end up seeing Segoe UI, if that isn't installed you'll see Roboto, if that isn't installed you'll see Helvetica and so on.

max_ 9 years ago | |

That answers my questions.

I thought I was on a phishing site!!

fulafel 9 years ago | |

System default would be leaving the font family unspecified, no?

0x54MUR41 9 years ago |

I think, they did. I am running Ubuntu 14.04 LTS with Mozilla Firefox. The font size has a big size than the previous one.

Related discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12073109

anishathalye 9 years ago |

If you don't like it, you can fix it by using this: https://github.com/rreusser/the-old-github-font

mrahmadawais 9 years ago |

I incredibly hate this move by GitHub. I am using Chrome's Styler extension to get back good old Helvetica. There should be an opt-out from this font stack at GitHub.

Screenshot: http://cloud.ahmda.ws/UHjO9GC

dannymichel 9 years ago |

Add this to 'Stylish'

body, .intgrs-page .main-content, .blog-content, .migration-wrapper, .migrate-owners-wrapper, .setup-wrapper, .showcase-page-title, .tooltipped::after { font-family: Helvetica, arial, nimbussansl, liberationsans, freesans, clean, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !important; }

.markdown-body { font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Arial, freesans, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !important; }

body { font-size: 13px !important; line-height: 1.4 !important; }

.blob-code { line-height: 1.4 !important; }

kkoppenhaver 9 years ago |

Seems like it.

https://twitter.com/mdo/status/752561058011754496

toufique 9 years ago |

Looks like it. I was thrown off too.

fo747 9 years ago |

I wonder if they looked at the difference in markdown look on OSX+Chrome. Bold is completely broken, see screenshots comparison here (tweeted at Github): https://twitter.com/MrOlovsson/status/752843094765236224

xfalcox 9 years ago |

Noticed this earlier today. It's using Ubuntu on Gnome Ubuntu 16.04 with Chrome.

ryan-allen 9 years ago |

Where is the blog post explaining how and why they did it?

I am really interested in the reasoning behind the change, the insights, I bet they are really interesting.

holyketzer 9 years ago |

New font is awful

WorldMaker 9 years ago |

I like Segoe UI, so this works for me, at least.

cauterized 9 years ago |

Whatever it is, its legibility is horrible.

hopechen 9 years ago |

i think so, it used to be helvatica