UI/UX Pixelated fonts are hard to read

[linuxgurugamer]

Reported Version: v0.2.0 (latest) | Mods: none | Can replicate without mods? Yes 
OS: win 10 | CPU: Intel | GPU: AMD | RAM: 64

 

Would be nice to either replace or have alternate fonts, those pixelated fonts are hard on the eyes.

[The Aziz]

I believe you have seen the UI/UX feedback thread. They already implemented some consistency issues, so there's some hope for the readability.

[Poodmund]

This is a specific issue regarding a specific feature of the UI. To this point, I agree Linux, my major gripe with the UI as a whole and find it difficult to parse. The other widely used front is beautiful, it would be amazing if we could get to option to use this font across the whole UI.

Disco Elysium did this wonderfully by allowing users to switch to the font, OpenDyslexic, for readability. Accessibility of product should trump aesthetic in this instance I feel.

[Vl3d]

Something really has to be done about the pixelated icons and fonts (the ones that are literally drawn with pixels, not the ones that have the retro art style). It hurts the eyes.

[TheLastEmpire45]

Same thing for me.

It's especially hard to read the delta-v and TWR info in the VAB

[Selvek]

I'm running in 1440x900 resolution which is probably lower than most these days, but I find certain text lines almost completely illegible - specifically, stage dV, TWR, and fuel readouts, plus the "location path" label in the upper left (it says something like Kerbin/KSC/VAB).  The part descriptions you see when pressing shift over a part in the VAB is not quite as bad, but I still have to squint to read it.  Overall there's a huge size range between different bits of text.

The pixelated font *might* be ok if we could adjust and standardize the font sizes, but probably any other font (except wingdings) would be more readable.

[DigitalEva]

I have issues with reading it without being less than 2" away from a 32" screen, and it's horrendous in the Key Bindings menu, where it's a light grey blur that is a recognizable character if you are at the mentioned distance and then squint. It would be nice if there was more thought put into accessibility in this regard.

[Bej Kerman]

On 12/20/2023 at 10:18 AM, Poodmund said:

Accessibility of product should trump aesthetic in this instance I feel.

*Aesthetic if you use the UI's native resolution

So the UI doesn't even have aesthetics going for it