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Old 04-07-2024, 12:37 PM   #1876
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Why do posters have to post in a different font: Look at me, look at me.
The reasons I decided to post in Times New Roman: (1) I like the look of a serif typeface over a san serif typeface and specifically Times New Roman, (2) Times New Roman is a somewhat neutral typeface without bad connotations (I'm looking at you Comic Sans and Papyrus), and (3) it is more readable that the default typeface.
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Old 04-07-2024, 12:40 PM   #1877
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Old 04-07-2024, 12:43 PM   #1878
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Emoticons! Who came up with those obnoxious message warts?
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While I like emoticons the problem with them is that you can't be sure what they will actually be interpreted as. An example of this is the emoticon that looks like two hands with the palms together. It could be interpreted as a high five or as praying. That's why I prefer to avoid them and prefer to use emotitexts instead since there is less chance of misinterpretation, like [smile].
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Old 04-07-2024, 12:48 PM   #1879
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While I like emoticons the problem with them is that you can't be sure what they will actually be interpreted as. An example of this is the emoticon that looks like two hands with the palms together. It could be interpreted as a high five or as praying. That's why I prefer to avoid them and prefer to use emotitexts instead since there is less chance of misinterpretation, like [smile].
The name of that one (U+1F64F) is "Person with Folded Hands."
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Old 04-07-2024, 02:43 PM   #1880
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Doesn’t really matter what its name is. What matters is how it is seen by the user. Y’all know the meme/tale of the mother who used the “laughing so hard I cried” emoji to tell all the relatives about Aunt Edna’s death.
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Old 04-07-2024, 02:50 PM   #1881
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Old 04-07-2024, 02:52 PM   #1882
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The reasons I decided to post in Times New Roman: (1) I like the look of a serif typeface over a san serif typeface and specifically Times New Roman, (2) Times New Roman is a somewhat neutral typeface without bad connotations (I'm looking at you Comic Sans and Papyrus), and (3) it is more readable that the default typeface.
Sadly, that is in your opinion. I already have my default web page font set to my preferred font. And Times New Roman is not a great font for reading a web page (IMNSHO).
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Old 04-07-2024, 03:04 PM   #1883
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Old 04-07-2024, 03:14 PM   #1884
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Sadly, that is in your opinion. I already have my default web page font set to my preferred font. And Times New Roman is not a great font for reading a web page (IMNSHO).
I agree completely. It has too little contrast and reading webpages set in it makes my eyes seriously hurt.

My preferred font for the web is Tahoma.
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Old 04-07-2024, 05:09 PM   #1885
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Old 04-07-2024, 05:49 PM   #1886
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Old 04-07-2024, 06:15 PM   #1887
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I care if that font makes the text difficult for me to read. My eyes are not that good (extreme nearsightedness) and tire easily with poor contrast.
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Old 04-07-2024, 07:01 PM   #1888
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I care if that font makes the text difficult for me to read. My eyes are not that good (extreme nearsightedness) and tire easily with poor contrast.
Poor contrast, you say?
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Old 04-07-2024, 07:15 PM   #1889
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I care. If I find a post with an annoying (IMO) font, I'm more likely not to read it.
- likewise posts with a proliferation of symbolic elements.

That said, without attaching some sort of 'smiley' to a phrase/sentence intended to be light-heartedly humorous it is likely to be taken seriously, or even worse cause an avalanche of faux-outrage.

Idle thought - is 'Taylor Swift' the entertainer's real name or a literary reference to Jonathan.

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