Update last night changed my fonts

Hello all,

I updated logos 5 last night, and now all my standard fonts that my books are displayed in has changed. It's not really a complaint, as all the fonts look a little bit more crisp and eye popping - but it certainly took some time getting used to last night.

Did this happen for anyone else?

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Graham Criddle

Hi Ben

I updated logos 5 last night

Do you mean you upgraded to Logos 5 for the first time last night or that you upgraded to a more updated version?

The reason I ask is that the default font did change in L5 - see http://community.logos.com/forums/t/58050.aspx for a discussion of this - but if you have already been using Logos 5 for some time I would have expected you to have seen that change earlier.

Graham

Ben Hein

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/477759#Comment_477759

Thanks for the response.

I've been using it for quite some time (upgraded almost right after it came out). My fonts just changed last night.

The changes are a bit hard to describe. My UBS4 font is a little bit smaller, but looks less "hand written" and is more bold and crisp. The text in my regular books seems to be darker. Again, I suppose it'll be a benefit in the long run, I just wasn't expecting it.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/477761#Comment_477761

My Logos5 fonts changed considerably a couple of days ago but it was related to a W7/64 update (which might have been needed for the L5 change).

Ben Hein

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/477763#Comment_477763

Interesting, do you know what that was? My W7/64 updated yesterday too.

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/477767#Comment_477767

Is it possible you installed IE10? IE10 updates the underlying DirectWrite technology in Windows 7, which Logos 5 uses to display text. It's possible it could look slightly different due to this update.

Ben Hein

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/478073#Comment_478073

Hi Bradley-

No idea what was updated a couple days ago. I don't use IE so unless that is included in Windows update then no. I just know Logos updated (probably just updates to some of my texts), and Windows also updated. Sounds like it had something to do with my 64bit windows 7 update.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/478177#Comment_478177

Don't really know what I updated in W7/64 ... I mainly update on the Lenovo side and now and then on the W7 side. I made sure the IE10 was not 'checked' and indeed IE9 is still my browser. But that wouldn't prevent some type of underlying look/feel to be updated.

Personally I like it; I'd earlier compared the font-look in Libronix to the previous washed-out look in Logos4/5 and concluded un-expertly that the handling of the vertical portions of the font was different in L4/5. Now I'll have to get out the geology glass again and un-expertly see what changed.

Mike

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/478239#Comment_478239

Hey guys,

If you're not using IE10 and noticed font changes, this article may prove helpful: http://www.logos.com/support/logos5/windows/font-cache

Bradley Grainger (Logos)

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/478177#Comment_478177

Looks like Microsoft released a Platform Update (separately from IE10) that updates DirectWrite: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2670838

This is almost certainly the cause of the font changes that you're seeing.