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Did GitHub just change its default font family to system defaults?

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BafS
Yes, the new font-family is now:

  -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, "Segoe UI", Roboto, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol";
Ezhik
If I'm running OS X pre-El Capitan, will `-apple-system` and `BlinkMacSystemFont` resolve to Helvetica, or will I end up seeing Roboto and Segoe UI if I have either installed?
doctrine
You will end up seeing Segoe UI, if that isn't installed you'll see Roboto, if that isn't installed you'll see Helvetica and so on.
Ezhik
Actually, now that I can try this on my machine, it does show Helvetica.
fulafel
System default would be leaving the font family unspecified, no?
max_
That answers my questions.

I thought I was on a phishing site!!

hopechen
i think so, it used to be helvatica
toufique
Looks like it. I was thrown off too.
xfalcox
Noticed this earlier today. It's using Ubuntu on Gnome Ubuntu 16.04 with Chrome.
cauterized
Whatever it is, its legibility is horrible.
WorldMaker
I like Segoe UI, so this works for me, at least.
ryan-allen
Where is the blog post explaining how and why they did it?

I am really interested in the reasoning behind the change, the insights, I bet they are really interesting.

dannymichel
Add this to 'Stylish'

body, .intgrs-page .main-content, .blog-content, .migration-wrapper, .migrate-owners-wrapper, .setup-wrapper, .showcase-page-title, .tooltipped::after { font-family: Helvetica, arial, nimbussansl, liberationsans, freesans, clean, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !important; }

.markdown-body { font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Helvetica, "Segoe UI", Arial, freesans, sans-serif, "Apple Color Emoji", "Segoe UI Emoji", "Segoe UI Symbol" !important; }

body { font-size: 13px !important; line-height: 1.4 !important; }

.blob-code { line-height: 1.4 !important; }

mrahmadawais
I incredibly hate this move by GitHub. I am using Chrome's Styler extension to get back good old Helvetica. There should be an opt-out from this font stack at GitHub.

Screenshot: http://cloud.ahmda.ws/UHjO9GC