Chat and Lorebooks are still much harder to read since the Font changes from U41

tsaescishoeshiner · July 11

In Update 41, a UI font system was added that improves the options for addon creators (good thing). But it also made the default font system in the game much thinner and harder to read, as seen below.

I hope we can get improvements to the default font settings so it's more readable. This also applies to the chat font being much harder to read now, but I didn't take screenshots.

OLD | Pre-Update 41 screenshot:

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CURRENT | Update 42 screenshot of the same book:

Pelanora · July 11

I wish we could scroll in on this forum. If I want to see that close up I have to screen shot and zoom in, in my photos. So annoying.

Necrotech_Master · July 11

to be honest, i find both of your example pictures hard to read, i think mostly due to the text/background contrast, not the font

fizzylu · July 11

The current in-game font looks terrible, but I kind of like it since it's been serving as a quick and easy reminder that I shouldn't be giving my time to this game. And considering the silence and long forgotten thread with pages upon pages of negative feedback regarding this.... I doubt Zenimax is planning to do anything about it, especially since people with expensive monitors claim to not be affected by the change and say there's no issue. Because let's be real, that's the feedback Zenimax would prefer to listen to if they are going to actually listen to any.

Kappachi · July 11

Can agree, ever since text changed (though i didn't know the exact update number) it has been very hard to read, not just on tablets, but books, etc... Really wish there was a way to go back to default.

tsaescishoeshiner · July 12

Necrotech_Master wrote: »

to be honest, i find both of your example pictures hard to read, i think mostly due to the text/background contrast, not the font

Fair. These were always harder to read than the paper books, but now I find them much more distracting to just read naturally.

Jaraal · July 12

This is another one of those things where a large number of players complained about a change, they said they are monitoring feedback, and nothing happens. It would solve a lot of angst if they would follow up on all these player complaints by saying, "Ok, we've heard your feedback... and we're not going to do anything about it."

They did this with the Grim Focus debacle, and while it's not the solution many were hoping for... it did cut down on the number of complaints simply because ZOS said no, and that's it. So maybe @ZOS_Kevin can come in here and tell us, "No, we're not going to do anything about the new blurry font?" Then we can have some closure.

katanagirl1 · July 12

It’s interesting that it is such a problem on PC. On console you can only see a slight change if you know about it and look very closely. If I had not read about it here I would not have noticed any change.

fizzylu · July 12

Jaraal wrote: »

They did this with the Grim Focus debacle, and while it's not the solution many were hoping for... it did cut down on the number of complaints simply because ZOS said no, and that's it. So maybe @ZOS_Kevin can come in here and tell us, "No, we're not going to do anything about the new blurry font?" Then we can have some closure.

Oo~ I would love it if they did this. I know people who couldn't stand playing their NB with the Grim Focus permaglow that quit the game after they double-downed on the whole "working as intended" thing. Would love to see how many more find something better to do if they state that the font is as well.

katanagirl1 wrote: »

It’s interesting that it is such a problem on PC. On console you can only see a slight change if you know about it and look very closely. If I had not read about it here I would not have noticed any change.

And if you're playing on a newer TV, I'd assume that's why. Like I said above, people with newer+more expensive screens were saying they saw little to no difference. The guess was it's a 1080p and lower problem, but of course that was never officially confirmed by Zenimax since that would be saying "you guys do have to go buy new monitors and laptops to play our game without eye strain".

https://forums.elderscrollsonline.com/en/discussion/654020/u41-font/p1
And here's one of the old threads about it where you can see Gina say the change is intended.... but their response to how bad the change is for some players is just their standard "we're looking into it", some bs workarounds, and then radio silence.