Re: [Wikimedia-l] Updating the typography on all Wikimedia sites

Hi all, I wanted to give people an extra notice that we're updating the default typography across all Wikimedia sites, for users of the Vector skin. This was mentioned in the last Tech News edition that goes out to all local wikis, and also announced by our Release Manager, Greg Grossmeier, as part of the software deployment roadmap. This will happen in the following order: 1. Test wikis and mediawiki.org tomorrow. That's Thursday, March 27th. 2. Non-Wikipedia projects on Tuesday, April 1th. 3. All Wikipedias on Thursday April 3rd. If people have questions, there is a summary of the changes and an extensive FAQ at https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Typography_refresh. There will also be a post at blog.wikimedia.org tomorrow morning. For a bit more backstory, this is the first time we're graduating something from the opt-in "beta features" framework to the stable version of Wikimedia sites. This has been in beta for desktop users since November 2013,[1] and has been tested by more than 10,000 registered users across Wikimedia communities. Thanks to the many editors and readers who took time to send us comments or questions. This feature went through several major iterations based on community feedback -- there were 100+ discussion threads on the Talk page, in addition to mailing list discussions. We're really lucky to have so many Wikimedians willing to get their hands dirty when it comes to the dark art of web typography. ;-) Congrats to the designers, engineers, and others who volunteered their time to help make this ready to release as new default typography. P.S. Apologies for cross-posting this and spamming your inbox, if you're also on wikitech-l or other technical mailing lists. 1. https://blog.wikimedia.org/2013/11/07/introducing-beta-features/ -- Steven Walling, Product Manager https://wikimediafoundation.org/ _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>