Please use just one typeface. Mixed Serif fonts and Sans Serif fonts look like a mistake. I have sat through many pre-presentation run-throughs, and this is one of the very first thing that gets corrected during a walk-through.
Thanks in advance,
Vince
As a counter opinion, I like the mix.
There is nothing wrong with mixing serifs and sans in appropriate circumstances. In fact, If you check out the font packs offered by Hoefler (a type designer many consider among the best currently practicing worldwide), most of them are serif and san mixes.
The mix between serif and san serif fonts looks great (nice choices as well) and nothing wrong with it, speaking as a graphic designer with 20+ years experience, itās used all the time.
Yes, indeed it has been used for the appropriate effect for ā¦ a long time.
As long as weāre not mixing Comic Sans with anything, I think itās OK.
Hey! I love Comic Sans!
Thankfully you werenāt part of the Roon design team. LOL.
LOL. Well, if I were, I wouldnāt have inflicted Comic Sans, I would have pulled out the big guns and used Copperplate Gothic Bold.
I think Lato is niche and Avenir is modern, both are nice
I also agree the mix is great and 100% agree with the others that it is nothing strange to do this once in a while.
Nice to see a shoutout to Hoefler & Frere-Jones too!
+1 here for removing this serif thing ā¦ Design wise itās one of the ugliest things Iāve seen in the past few years! ( right after this - just why? - purple tones)
Itās just like someone was experimenting with fonts and colors to find a unique look, nobody else has ā¦ for a reasonā¦
I suppose it comes down to personal taste. I tend to live a rather modern lifestyle. Our home is very modern without a lot of adornment. We have chosen to let a few finishes and materials repeat throughout and speak for themselves. For me this simpler esthetic echoes throughout most of what I do at home and work.
For some the mix of fonts and the large blocks of color are exciting and enjoyable. To me they look unrefined and garish. Thatās not to say others are wrong. Thatās not my intention in any way whatsoever. Itās just not pleasing to me personally.
Finding a balance between esthetics is difficult at best. I can only hope that Team Roon can find a way to thread this needle. In the end, arenāt we asking Team Roon to create software that not only gives us unprecedented opportunities to explore music, but to also explore with beautiful tools?
For me I find myself in an unfortunate circumstance. For those of you who like what you see I must admit I am jealous. Because what I see isnāt something I would have normally purchased. Given the opportunity I would go back to 1.7 and wait for 1.9 or 2.0.
Best regards,
Vince
Would it be impossible to enable people to choose fonts? I have to say that it is looking at what I feel is an old fashioned font that I find most jarring in something so modern as Roon. First world problem I know and I am actually pleased that that is all I have to moan about (so far).
Absolutely agree. Please Roon just let me choose another font that does not appeal so āclassical/jazzyā to me and (and thatās my greatest wish for this release) please for godās sake, let me choose another highlight color ā¦ why didnāt you go with the good old blue tones? Or green, gray, maybe yellow, red, orange, even magenta would look nice ā¦ but purple is something I might like if I was into Classic or maybe Jazz?! I donāt know, 'cause I am not. You are pushing roonās UI into this direction, moving away from a neutral, modern design.
Personal Taste - But Iāve always thought that a page full of Sans Serif with a Serif title looks horrible. Just like someone else has come along and picked up the code, edited it, and forgotten to change the typeface. Yes, there are designers out there with wisdom and experience that say that its totally acceptable practice and is fine. These people are mental and go on to become serial killers in real life.
Software might not have it. But in print design it is absolutely standard to mix serif and non-serif. Look at any newspaper or magazine. Roon stated they were inspired by music magazines. It is a consistent design choice with having this in mind.
Whether you like it or not is a completely different matter of course, but you canāt say nobody else has it.
The serif typeface Roon have used here is Grifo. That is quite a beautifully crafted piece of art.
However, the issue in this case is the inconsistent use. And itās a typeface that looks good large and in print. Itās a magazine typeface. No debating about taste and whether someone likes it or not. I simply think itās not fitting and hinders legibility.
Simply put, it does not furter the UI or UX, it is just useless decor to make the app check the āpretentiousā box.
@Klaus_Kammerer1 & @Stefan_Stefan
So if itās not for being unique ā¦ I donāt understand why they did it then. I mean there are reasons why you should not use print fonts in a digital user interfaceā¦
thatās open for debate. I was just referring to the mix not being seen anywhere else. In terms of pure software design there is no functional benefit. Itās purely ādesignā. I donāt hate it but I also donāt need it.
ā¦ true story!