Venkatesh Rao@vgrPoll: Have you noticed, and do you care, that the Twitter font has changed?Yes, like or love it9.5%Yes, dislike or hate it11.1%Yes, don’t care35.2%Didn’t notice44.1%503 votes·Final results2:48 AM · Aug 15, 20211 Retweet1 Quote Tweet8 Likes
Nate Angell@xolotl·Aug 15, 2021Replying to @vgrhttps://google.com/amp/s/slate.com/technology/2021/08/twitter-font-redesign-chirp-franklin-gothic.amp…214
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 15, 2021Replying to @xolotlNo, eyes glazed over after the first few paragraphs. Is it not designers who are getting headaches?2
Andrew Breese@DoTheWeirdStuff·Aug 15, 2021Replying to @vgrI'm amazed at how many didn't notice! I feel I read here *less* than average & am still jarred I think because my reading saccades had long optimized on the font.2
Venkatesh Rao@vgr·Aug 15, 2021Replying to @DoTheWeirdStuffI still can’t really tell… I guess I don’t “optimize my saccades” 😂3
Steven Kneiser@theshteves·Aug 15, 2021Replying to @vgrI could've sworn that I also noticed a change on iOS a few months ago, but that must've been a false positive