It's unfortunate that people aren't accepting of who you are, but that's there loss. There's nothing wrong with possessing traits of men and women, as long as long as you can accept who you are. Sure, you're different, and you're uncommon, but there are people like you to talk to. Sakura comes to mind, I'd contact him about it, he's more knowledgeable than most others on this site in those regards.
Copperplate Gothic has tiny serifs and no lowercase letters, only small caps. The tiny serifs aid letterform recognition in print, but have the opposite effect on the screen. Small caps are a poor choice for setting body text in because uppercase letters are less legible than lowercase ones. For these reasons, Copperplate Gothic has low legibility for the screen as body copy and promotes eyestrain, especially for those of us that work on the computer all day long. Copperplate Gothic shouldbe disallowed.
Craven's solution doesn't work as I won't delete it from my system fonts because I use it legitimately for print titling in my graphic design work.
This is what I'm talking about, and it's hideous. Not only is it overused in marketing, but I certainly don't want to have to read posts like this.
If you want to talk about unreadable text, it's copperplate, not colors and sizes. Every time I have to highlight that guy's post, I realize how ridiculous the policy is. Either ban that font, or just let people post in whatever they want to. The fact that some people have gotten warnings/infractions for their font, and yet that is allowed to be posted with, is not only hilarious, but potentially hazardous for my eyesight.
Sorry but doesn't that clutter the thread the same way as leaving the post in place ? I don't see the point here.
It doesn't, because the posts that are initially viewable when you go to the page are all going to be on-topic. Perhaps the idea posed above, where you could click a button that would say something like "View this thread with hidden posts", or something of that nature, would be best.
Instead of deleting, there should be an option that a moderator can make a post appear as though they were an user on the ignore list. Basically, there would be a placeholder, it could say "This post by _______ does not appear because it has been hidden by _______. Click to view"
Then it's accessable, while also not taking away from the thread.
Just to put this into perspective of other members, imagine if the current Rumor Mill staff was all gotten rid of, an outsider came in and gave 10 members moderator powers with no rules on how to use them, and several of the members were notoriously hated members of the Rumor Mill.
"Oh you know what would be some real hilarity -- afterward we'll just randomly mod a bunch of them for a week! They'll self-destruct and only have themselves to blame for their own downfall!"
Chances are, if said thread is not in Humor or the Gutter, it isn't a joke thread.
I really don't understand this though. I think there are plenty of appropriate places on the forums to make jokes. We shouldn't all be sitting around as though we represent all things serious. Surely a forum mostly frequented by teens should be laid back, even if it's just slightly.
This is what I'm talking about, and it's hideous. Not only is it overused in marketing, but I certainly don't want to have to read posts like this.
It doesn't, because the posts that are initially viewable when you go to the page are all going to be on-topic. Perhaps the idea posed above, where you could click a button that would say something like "View this thread with hidden posts", or something of that nature, would be best.
Then it's accessable, while also not taking away from the thread.
Without the Gutter, this part of the community ceases to exist, so of course they want the Gutter to crumble.
Cue circlejerk.
I really don't understand this though. I think there are plenty of appropriate places on the forums to make jokes. We shouldn't all be sitting around as though we represent all things serious. Surely a forum mostly frequented by teens should be laid back, even if it's just slightly.
In all seriousness, a banner about how much U2 sucks would probably be best right now.