On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 12:03 PM, Matthew Flaschen <mflaschen@wikimedia.org> wrote:
Matmarex has submitted a patch set to remove the font stack that is used
in certain parts of the interface (e.g. login, signup, post-edit feedback).

This triggered a re-opening of discussion at
https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44394 , which had been
dormant for a while.

To summarize:

There are basically two reasonable directions:

1. Pull out the custom stack used in these isolated parts of the
interface.  Matmarex and Ori favor this approach.
2. Do a global Vector font stack.  Initially, I would recommend we just
use the body stack (which is really the subject of the bug), and
consider the heading later.

I think #2 is the right direction, and I recommend we get serious about
it.  But if people don't think we can do #2 in a reasonable period of
time, we should do #1.

Please reply at the bug
(https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=44394)

Another update: Matt merged Matmarex's patch, so for now the font stack is once again sans-serif on signup, login, and in a few other places. There is still a tracking bug for other inconsistencies that may still be floating around, at https://bugzilla.wikimedia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=46437

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Steven Walling
https://wikimediafoundation.org/