Thumbs Down on the New Font Display

[Jadendreamer13]

The new font display system makes it harder to view and choose fonts — not easier. And the way it covers the design artboard is annoying and not helpful at all.

Please consider returning to the previous font display.

Thanks!

[tamirazdesigns]

Preferred the way the Design Tool was before this latest font tool layout change, and before the pink lines were added recently that so many designers have complained about both of these new changes!  It all worked fine before, so why did someone at a Zazzle department decide it didn't work correctly anymore for the designers? 

Please revert to the design tool as it was fine before these recent changes.  Thank you

[Fiona]

@kashmier The screenshot is helpful. I have flagged this issue a few days ago but the screenshot helps and I've passed it along. It is being worked on and the feedback has been taken into consideration. Thanks all.

[KimJ]

I didn't realize everyone's view would be different depending on their screen size, but that makes sense. I have a wide monitor, so I love the new font display; it's still off to the side and doesn't block my design area.  Hopefully they can come up with a happy medium that works for everyone.  🙂  

[SixSphinx]

Designers, if the font pop-out menu is blocking your design, try lowering the scale of your webpage. In chrome it's called "Zoom." But what it really does is change the size of elements on the page. It'll make the pop-out menu smaller.

My thoughts on the new menu: I do not like the sidescroll to get to font categories. Not only is are the mouseover arrows clunky to use, but it now takes me about six clicks to get to the Script category whereas before it just took me two. And whatever strange lazy-load thing they're doing with the list is a horrible user experience because the scroll bar does not work as expected. I have never understood why mobile-first design has to mean "works measurably worse on desktop."

I do like having the list of fonts used in the design. Very good. But the popular fonts list doesn't make any sense to me. Designers are curating their own lists of fonts, so I'm assuming this is for the customer. But do customers really need six almost-identical serif fonts showcased for them? And do they really know how to use the Dongle font, which has bizarre text sizing and spacing? Instead, maybe have a curated list of useful, easy-to-use fonts for non-designers. Then, if someone has any favorites selected, maybe allow the user to show that list in place of the popular fonts.