iOS 7 ’s switch to the Helvetica Neue Ultra Light typeface was one of the gravid excogitation points for the young OS . But it come with a catch : It looked , in topographic point , pretty high-risk on non - retina screens . The fix was simple enough . Just change it back to veritable weight .
Here ’s what that looks like , courtesy Panic co - founder@Cableon Twitter :
And here it is on non - retina iPad , via iOS engineer@youens .
( Click “ Expand ” if our site ’s compression is making the GIF appear fuzzy ; you may see the details more clearly that way anyway . )
The new version for both GIFs is the frame with the lighter blue setting , instead of grey . The differences can be discover all over the O , in Messages , weather condition , and other first political party Apple apps . Most of the text had been decipherable on non - retina iOS 7 - compatible devices , but some thing like badge and smaller alerts just await tough . Still , this throws the weight of the total OS off from where it had been , even if just slightly . [ Twitter ]
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