Unable to read new in app font
There's already a lot of posts about this, and I posted when the update originally launched, but this is getting frustrating. I'm having serious trouble reading the font that's now used for channels, and channel titles. Many other users are having the same experience. The new colour in itself is bad, but the font is completely unavoidable when using the app. Making it larger does not change how clear it is.
It's hard to explain to someone who may not have the same issue, but the best thing for accessibility is to have a clear, standard font as default, with additional options. No two people will have the same needs ofc, but to be accessible to the largest amount of people at once, it's ultimately easiest to stay away from fancy fonts, ones with inconsistent character sizes/shapes, and odd spacing. Ginto just isn't a good fit here, it looks completely out of place compared to the rest of the app, many of the letters are squished and hard to distinguish from eachother, and it's not something that those of us with reading disabilities with just "forget about in a week". Channels with similar names are very easy to mix up now, and trying to distinguish them is causing eye strain.
It's extremely frustrating to use the app for long periods now, and I (and many other users having the same issue) haven't been using the text features as often sense these changes. The new branding hasn't been well received, but if it's here to stay, at least address the serious accessibility issues it's brought with it. We can deal with poor branding choices, but we don't just stop having headaches and straining our eyes when the company moves on.
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I wish there was a switch to turn discord back to the good logo and font.
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