# Trouble with reading this font

**URL:** <https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663>\
**Category:** Meta\
**Tags:** bug\
**Created:** [November 9, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663 "2021-11-09T09:17:16Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Philipp](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Philipp](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/Philipp)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:17am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663/1 "2021-11-09T09:17:17Z")

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I just “Allow[ed] pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above” in my browser and noticed this forum has a high contrast font for texts.

No idea if this was mentioned before, but is there a chance to get a bit less contrast in this font you are reading right now? Isn’t this a VAR-font with a less contrast option?

Or is anybody using their own fonts anyway?

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**Author:** ![FlorianPircher](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/florianpircher/32/30457_2.png) [@FlorianPircher](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/FlorianPircher)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 9:52am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663/2 "2021-11-09T09:52:16Z")

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This is what it looks like to me:

 ![image](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/4/5/45454ca701791b6a8bd5fbaf5983e67c8a680a0b.jpeg)

What browser and operating system version are you using?

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**Author:** ![Philipp](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/p/46a35a/32.png) [@Philipp](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/Philipp)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:04am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663/3 "2021-11-09T10:04:37Z")

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![Screen Shot 2021-11-09 at 11.03.47](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/8/c82227a1376fbc82814298ffe9414cd3425a6b90.png)  
We seem to be seeing different typefaces.

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**Author:** ![FlorianPircher](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/user_avatar/forum.glyphsapp.com/florianpircher/32/30457_2.png) [@FlorianPircher](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/u/FlorianPircher)\
**Post date:** [November 9, 2021, 10:06am UTC](https://forum.glyphsapp.com/t/trouble-with-reading-this-font/20663/4 "2021-11-09T10:06:44Z")

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If you are using a outdated browser or operating system, then the default axis configuration is shown for the variable font. That appears to be happening in your screenshot.