Montserrate Update #39
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Agreed, i added the same issue a few hours ago, was told to check previous versions, but the update to Google Fonts is annoying. I like using Google Fonts delivery for speed. |
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Have to agree with both of you the 400 is too thin now this is how the old 400 looked I have to use 500 to get it look the same but it's not that good also I was using this font cdn http://brick.im/fonts/montserrat/ (not googles) any chance I can get the old font files and just upload them my self as the brick.im/google ones aren't up to scratch love the font by the way , It's better than proxima nova in my opinion. thanks |
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I will say that looking at https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat I think the Regular is much heavier than its italic, which is not good.
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Fonts are living things; which are the 'old' ones that are 'up to scratch'? =) |
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I so liked the "old" 400 Montserrat. Would love to have that back. The new 400 is too faint. The new 500 is too strong. |
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I hope the monserrat team can explain the reason they reduced the weight of the 400 here :) |
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Hello! We’ve been working in the last years, with a great team, in the extension of the Montserrat typeface: different languages, quantity of weights and italics. Google Fonts will only have the latest Montserrat available, but the one who wants to use the previous one is free to download it and use it self-hosted with @ font-face (it does not count with the advances of languages, weights and italics). |
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@davelab6 are you sure you don't have an old version installed in your system? |
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@JulietaUla Thank you for response. I see your point and would like to make a suggestion. Would it be possible to release the previous version of Montserrat on google webfonts separate from the new one. Sort of like 'Montserrat Legacy' indicating its the older and preferred version for many. If users prefer the old version of Montserrat they can easily use it like before. I know users can download and use the old Montserrat, but that would defeat the purpose of why many go with google webfonts, which is cache, efficiency and simplicity. |
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@tempusrname Thank you!
…On Sat, Feb 11, 2017 at 6:42 PM tempusrname ***@***.***> wrote:
@JulietaUla <https://github.com/JulietaUla> Thank you for response. I see
your point and would like to make a suggestion. Would it be possible to
release the previous version of Montserrat on google webfonts separate from
the new one. Sort of like 'Montserrat Legacy' indicating its the older and
preferred version for many. If users prefer the old version of Montserrat
they can easily use it like before. I know users can download and use the
old Montserrat, but that would defeat the purpose of why many go with
google webfonts, which is cache, efficiency and simplicity.
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Maybe the medium could be updated to match the old regular? |
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I would like to use the previous Montserrat and self-host it with @ font-face - Where do I download this? Thank You |
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#40 #38 |
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@juandelperal: the 1.0 repo doesn't appear to include .woff2. Any chance on an update? |
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@DanielMcPhee updated! |
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@juandelperal thanks! |
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Is it installed locally?
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We added the 1.0 version to the repo.
see this please , looks like Google is only presenting v2 on their site
but serving v1 with only 2 font weights
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see this video please , the font switch is calling corresponding CSS file
but we get to see only 2 font weights.
http://take.ms/lF9FZ
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@davelab6 yes font was installed cache cleared from all browsers but Chrome was simply not playing along if you using the font in WordPress and are logged in as admin . I was forced to completely clear all Chrome cache. Dev tools cache clear or previous 4/7 days clear did not work. I see this being an issue for many users. There should have been Montserrat v2 to save everyone the trouble. |
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I understand that you care about this. But of the millions of users only a
few have complained or even commented at all; if there is a huge outcry
with 1,000s of people petitioning me I'd think I made a poor decision. But
I don't see this, so, I think I made the right decision.
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@davelab6 <https://github.com/davelab6> yes font was installed cache
cleared from all browsers but Chrome was simply not playing along if you
using the font in WordPress and are logged in as admin .
I was forced to completely clear all Chrome cache. Dev tools cache clear
or previous 4/7 days clear did not work. I see this being an issue for many
users. There should have been Montserrat v2 to save everyone the trouble.
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All in all , thank you for the great font and additional weights! ( should have started with that ) |
@davelab6 - to be fair, many won't know to complain because they've got the old font versions installed locally. |
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Their users would complain to them, though, without having the fonts
installed
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I understand that you care about this. But of the millions of users only a
few have complained or even commented at all; if there is a huge outcry
with 1,000s of people petitioning me I'd think I made a poor decision. But
I don't see this, so, I think I made the right decision.
@davelab6 <https://github.com/davelab6> - to be fair, many won't know to
complain because they've got the old font versions installed locally.
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@davelab6 - I'd say their users won't really know the difference though. It doesn't make the font illegible - it makes them different. |
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@davelab6 , this is what I am afraid of and would like input on it , users have old font installed , I release theme that is using Montserrat from Google fonts and theme is using 200 and 300 font weights , are the users with old font going to get fresh copy pull from Google and see the theme as I intended or are they going to see the only old 400 and 600 weights until they install new font? |
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@JulietaUla this is exactly what I was talking about in my previous post the font new version has been released long time ago , on one of my machines I have not unistalled/reinstalled the font and on the other I did these are same headings on 2 diff machines with regular weight
and these are buttons using regular font size and weight , as you can see one is heavier than the other which is making huge difference in design. so you are expecting us to tell everyone on the net to uninstall and reinstall old Montserat in order for designers/developers to be able to use all other sizes that you have made. You should release V2 because currently the font is not reliable. |
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@danyj Are you using fixed width buttons? |
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@juandelperal , no , they padded |
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I'm not sure if I like the new changes made to Montserrat on google webfonts. https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Montserrat
I love the fact that new styles were added and that Montserrat has grown. What I don't like is that the 'normal' font weight of the previous version is nowhere to be found in the new version. The closest one is 500(Medium), but that one is slightly bolder.
To sum things up: the 400 font weight of the previous version should have been the 500 of this one.
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