[ltbarcly3]

I'm surprised when people notice fonts. If the font is weird, or very decorative then sure, I would notice a font in Papyrus or Comic Sans. On my kindle I set it to the modern sans sarif font because its easier to read, for me. If there was no option to change the font I probably wouldn't have noticed, though.

I don't want say this in a way that comes off as insulting, but I'll just say it and please don't take it as a put down: if my kid came to me and expressed this much frustration and difficulty because of a sans sarif or monospaced font I would be concerned they had a problem with their vision or an issue processing what they saw, and I might research and/or take them to get checked out.

[wheels]

I wouldn't be bothered about it in this case (I'm much more offended when the font size or margins are stupid), but to use your phrase "I don't want say this in a way that comes off as insulting, but I'll just say it and please don't take it as a put down..."

You probably just don't have a strong sense of aesthetics. Some people notice design-y stuff and some people don't. A lot of people do notice fonts, or misaligned margins, or whatever. And a lot of people don't. The latter category are probably never going to be good designers or artists or whatever. People are different.

[ltbarcly3]

You are right, while I might notice that sort of thing you mention it wouldn't distract me much. There are other things that completely make it impossible for me to function, like direct lighting in or near my field of view. I could claim like you do that people who have a bright light bulb hanging right next to their tv are just blind to some deeper experience, but probably they just aren't bothered by it.

What makes you think these proclivities about font choice are universal then? Maybe you are just insisting on what you find aesthetically appealing, while many people would equally validly feel the opposite?

[wheels]

Fixed width fonts have a special purpose. They're designed to fill that purpose, not to be optimal for other things.

There's an age-old debate of how much "good taste" is subjective, but in this particular case, it's someone hammering a nail in with a wrench. Some will be bothered, others not, but it's definitely the wrong tool for the job.

The example of not liking lights in certain places isn't a very good one. It's an attempt to elide all "things people don't like" into subjectivity, but there are actually things that are better and worse. You would agree that website design can be better or worse, right? And that some people would have a better eye for good or bad design? With me so far? I'm saying you're probably not one of the people out on the end of the spectrum that's best able to recognize good and bad in design, but I hope you recognize that good and bad design exist, and that people vary in their ability to recognize it.

[ltbarcly3]

I want to say to you, in earnest, things will get better and a bad period in your life will almost always unexpectedly improve sooner than you would think.

[wheels]

This an extremely weird passive-aggressive flex. The thread basically went, "I think people that notice font problems have something wrong with them." To which I respond, "No, designers and design-y people notice stuff like that." And then to go from there to this is pretty, bwah?