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Book
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 13:06 (10 Years ago)
I was thinking about it and then... I realized everything is just 1 kind of Font, I think Arial, except the stuff up there (Home, Town, Settings, Community). So I wanted to make something new called as "Font", I want to make different kinds of text like Times New Roman or Algerian (Many more, of course).
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[Font=Times New Roman]Text Here[/Font]

[Font=ArialBlack]Text Here[/Font]

[Font=Algerian]Text here[/Font]


I hope you implement this. But there is a Disadvantage of course, like Old English text may be hard to read and some texts may appear huge.
Shreyash_Jain
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 18:18 (10 Years ago)
Seems a nice idea, but I don't think any users would like that, as most of them love normal things, and some people even get irritated with fonts like 'comic sans ms' or 'monotypa corsiva' and many more.
Feel free to oppose me, as I am sure everyone will have varied points.
Toothie
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 19:08 (10 Years ago)
Why does it have to be 'TextStyle'. It's long xD Just call it 'Font'.
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Diana
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 20:11 (10 Years ago)
I support this, as long as irritating and hard to read fonts aren't added. XD
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 20:44 (10 Years ago)
I support this too. Nice to get some format on Diaries etc. But it should be limited to only a few Fonts that are nice to read.

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the_Jewish_Blobfish
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Posted: Tue, 25/02/2014 23:55 (10 Years ago)
@ Mirej, my thoughts exactly.
Support, but no support for fonts too difficult to read.
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Book
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Posted: Wed, 26/02/2014 17:05 (10 Years ago)
I wonder why it takes so long for Riako just to implement this lol.
I can help -Max edit the BBCode Guide and add Fonts once it is implemented.
Queen_Pumpkaboo
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Posted: Sat, 01/03/2014 19:55 (10 Years ago)
I'm saying no support sorry. It'd be cool to have different fonts to me personally with writing fanfictions and doing a lot of communicating in forums. Would be easier to see emphasis, might be more pleasant to read, etc. etc.

However, I know in chat that I get annoyed seeing bold and italics over and over when people shouldn't be using them. My main concern is people I guess "abusing" all these different fonts by making a mess of things in chat rooms and forums. Might have ten different fonts on one page and that might not look pleasing to the eyes.

And again determining what fonts to use is also an issue, who decides what is difficult to read? Who decides which fonts stay and which don't? Who decides when and where they can be used? Things like that. People might like one font but struggle to read another while others can see it perfectly fine. Do we take that font away because those people don't like it? Or do we keep it because some people do?

Seems like an unnecessary struggle, I can read forums fine in terms of fonts, and although I'd like to be able to write in different styles I know some people might not be able to handle these fonts responsibly or people will have clashing opinions over them.
Book
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Posted: Thu, 06/03/2014 14:13 (10 Years ago)
Riako can make a voting system for fonts.

He can make like:

Arial [0%] [0 Votes]
Times New Roman [0%] [0 Votes]
etc.

People get Warnings when overusing Bold, Italics, Etc.

Also, there is something called "Report user" so if he overuses it he can get reported by players.
Toothie
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Posted: Thu, 06/03/2014 16:47 (10 Years ago)
No support.
A poll for one BBCode suggestion is not necessary.

I don't really see how having fonts will benefit.
*I'm with all points Luna stated*
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Book
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Posted: Thu, 13/03/2014 11:06 (10 Years ago)
Woopdy boom
Book
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Posted: Wed, 19/03/2014 10:25 (10 Years ago)
@Queen

I'm talking about Forums, not chat.
People will not waste time just to make Bold, Italics and Underlines in Forums, seriously.

Riako will choose the fonts he knows how to read them easily, also Mods will also test which Fonts are easy to read and stuff.

Why is there "Hard to read" color, too? :P I mean, some colors are hard to read, so are Fonts.(Some)
Toothie
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Posted: Wed, 19/03/2014 10:32 (10 Years ago)
What benefits would fonts have? There is no point really. Sorry, but some people cannot understand certain fonts and it would cause confusion.
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Queen_Pumpkaboo
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Posted: Wed, 19/03/2014 13:29 (10 Years ago)
Ah guess that's me haha sorry, not used to the new name when it's Queen.

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Quote from Book People will not waste time just to make Bold, Italics and Underlines in Forums


So... what? If people can't do a simple [b] or a [i] in forums then how do you expect people to write [text=font]? Your entire suggestion would just be more work for people to do so you just defeated your own argument with this statement.

Quote from Book I'm talking about Forums, not chat.


And these codes can't be exclusively used in forums, they'd be used in chats, PMs, signatures, where ever BBcodes are allowed.

And since I've seen people here aren't all native English speakers, do you think adding cursive fonts to the mix is going to help them any? I don't want to speak entirely for those people so if they are reading this please put in your input.

As for me personally I wouldn't even use fonts, I want people to not have to squint or decode my font when I write a paragraph of text. And having Riako and three mods decide what 10,000 people want to see when they read is practically unfair and a lot of work on them. Do you know how many fonts exist? Riako would have to take time out of him sorting out actual bugs to look up a bunch of fonts for us. And for what? What purpose? To make our posts pretty? We have colors for that. Fonts don't do anything in this case.
Book
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Posted: Wed, 19/03/2014 15:23 (10 Years ago)
They will choose the fonts themselves, they will not ask 10000 people..
Did you EVER see a guy in a forum EVER OVERuse Bold, Italics or Underlines? Fonts are the same, they are just optional, seriously guys. Riako is a great man.
Queen_Pumpkaboo
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Posted: Wed, 19/03/2014 15:37 (10 Years ago)
You don't seem to understand the point. These fonts won't just stay in forums. They will be used anywhere where BBcodes can be used. Chat included.

Why include this? I don't get the point. What does this add to the site? What does this improve? What does this make easier? What does this do?

Is doing optional fonts that you are already saying people won't use since they don't use bold or underlines or italics really worth all the effort it would take to find fonts, sort them out, decide which are goo and which are bad, make codes to use these fonts, and watch people write in suggestion forums "I want this font removed" and "I want this font added"

It seems like a lot of extra work and headaches just for fonts. What would be the purpose of them? Just to make pretty words? I don't see many forums with this option anyway and for good reason because forums will look messy with five different fonts in just one thread.
Book
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Posted: Tue, 11/08/2015 02:12 (9 Years ago)
This was too old. Might as well bump it.
master-of-master
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Posted: Tue, 11/08/2015 10:22 (9 Years ago)
I support it!
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Posted: Tue, 11/08/2015 12:44 (9 Years ago)
i think i have a solution to you guys arguing, it would change all the fonts just for you? idk support

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Posted: Mon, 24/08/2015 03:07 (9 Years ago)
This was so cool and helpful thanks!!!!:D