I find the typeface on this forum a bit hard to read unless zooming in. I have a pretty good size monitor too. Am I the only one who thinks this?
Which browser are you using? I have used the forum on my Macbook Pro, my PC, and my cell phone with no issues. Perhaps itās a setting? I would be happy to help troubleshoot it. If you could provide some screen shots, even better.
~Drew
Iāve viewed it in Chrome and Internet Explorer.
Hereās a screen captureā¦
Try holding down your control on PC (Ctrl) and using your mouse wheel to zoom. In Chrome, it has a pop up balloon in the top right that shows what percentage of zoom you are at. The screen shot looks like you are zoomed out in your browser. Your IE should have the same function, without the balloon.
Let me know if this helps.
~Drew
Itās fine on my chrome:
Check your chrome settings:
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quantj could be right. The font looks like font-replacement and your browser(s) catch up the wrong font (maybe a narrow bold font like āImpactā). The forum uses āHelveticaā or āArialā which are likely to be available, and if not, the browser should fallback to any available āsans-serifā font. Check in the browser preferences whether the selected standard fonts are readable.
If itās not due to the browser preferences, try clearing the browser cache and restart the session or the computer.
I appeciate your help, guys.
quantj, I went into the settings as you suggested and my font settings seem okay.
Drew, itās the actual font that looks different whether zoomed in or not.
It appears this way whether Iām in Chrome or Internet Explorer. Iāll try Firefox and/or Opera as well.
I just noticed that he also mentioned he tested it in IE, so I wouldnāt know how both browserās fonts got accidentally changed at the same time.
Edit:
Does deleting/changing the font file from the computer effect the fonts for browsers?
Try checking the settings in Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization > Fonts >Preview or delete fonts
~Drew
Then the issue is not in the browser but at system level. The inconsistent kerning (space between characters) suggests the font cache could be corrupted. Did you try rebooting, this should reload the fonts into the cache?
I would also check to make sure that arial.tff hasnāt been deleted. If you go through the Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization > Fonts >Preview or delete fonts (you may have to change the view to Category), you should be able to see it. If itās not there, you can reinstall it here. Ariel is generally the default font for Windows. If it is there, try going to Control Panel> Appearance and Personalization > Fonts >Preview or delete fonts and go to āFont Settingsā in the left hand panel. You should be able to restore to default from there.
~Drew
Iāve cleared the cache. Rebooted. Checked to see if Arial.ttf is in my fonts settings (it is there). Went to the āFont Settingsā in the Control Panel and reset the default. Tried all to no avail.
I greatly appreciate all you guys troubleshooting this issue with meā¦
Try internet setting under tools. It allows you to set and over ride the ones set by default. That is for IE.
mac7505,
I tried that too in IE. Didnāt work. Thanks anywayā¦
If you double-click on Arial.ttf in your Fonts folder (Control panel>Fonts), do the font samples displayed look as they should (so that arial hasnāt been overwritten by mistake with another font)?
Anssi
I checked. The Arial font samples display okay so it seems they havenāt been overwritten.
Curiious to know what happens if you do this, in IE:
Press F12
In the new pane on the left at the top is an arrow in angle brackets, on a black background. CLick it
Next to words DOM EXPLORER is a black arrow pointing into a box, click it
Click on any text element on the page, like this comment
On the right of the pane click STYLES at the top
Scroll down til you find the line ā14px/19px Helvetica, Arial, sans-serifā and double click on those words
Change the line to read ā14px Garamondā, press return
Does all the web page change font? If you donāt have Garamond pick another font on your system
similar thread at rhinoās discourseā¦
doesnāt seem to be a clear answer/fix in there either.
@codinghorror any ideas since last time around 
I apologize for the delay, but I may have actually figured out a fix for this. After doing a little digging, it appears that this site utilizes Google Web Fonts, which cache the fonts from the site on your local computer as temp files. I would suggest two courses of action, if this is the case:
First, delete your temporary files and reload the site. If this doesnāt work, uninstall the helvetica fonts (as it is the primary loaded) on our computer, and reinstall them. Apparently, it looks for the first version of helvetica that is installed on your computer, which seems to be helvetica bold.
Try these, one at a time, and let me know if either fix the problem.
~Drew
You did it wrong then because I just verified it works. You need to follow instructions. The changes are made per instructions under accessibility. You make the font selection under fonts and the set size under accessibility( The caption selection box).You also have to check the over ride boxes depending what you want to change.
Windows also has an Ease of Access Center ( See control panel) to make it easier, I have not check if that over rides IE defaults