The new design is great, but the font is **really** killing me. Here's why: 

### Uneven kerning and spacing

Have a look at this title. The space between `n` and `e` in uneven, `r` and `n` in kerning, `a` and `c` in spacing are all wrong! There are a lot of other examples, but a font like this just isn't conducive to reading. If you want more, have a look at the  headers for each category of applications in [this question][1]. 

See also: http://ilovetypography.com/2007/09/15/type-torture-kerning/

### The f and t characters are badly designed

Words with t and f in them look really weird. For instance, **Firefox** looks like it *might* actually be two words when bold. The main problem is with the way the ascenders are designed. Suffice to say it'll only look good on headers

### Bold text is larger than non-bold text

Really, it makes **any string of text that is bold** look out of line. The x-height difference is jarring enough, but the letter spacing is even worse. 

### The Ubuntu font is a display font

And isn't suitable for long paragraphs of text. 

# Proposed solution

is simple. This font **can** be used everywhere - even at small sizes, small doses can still look good. For example, the user info box that appears with every post. However, for large block of text, (I'm thinking stuff in `.post-text` mainly), can we please stick to something more conventional? The [Bitstream Vera][2] family is a good choice, as is the [Liberation][3] and the [Nimbus Sans][4] family. You'd want to keep the usual Arial/Helvetica last, since it's Ubuntu we're talking about here. 


  [1]: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1237/what-are-the-most-useful-programs-installed-after-setup-of-a-vanilla-ubuntu
  [2]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bitstream_Vera
  [3]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberation_fonts
  [4]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimbus_Sans