Here, "design" refers to front-end elements, such as page layout, coloring conventions, etc. For questions about database structure, algorithms in the code, &c.;, please use the tag [architecture] instead
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Why does the font use text figures (“lowercase digits”)?
Is there any particular reason why MSE uses text figures (according to Wikipedia also known as non-lining, lowercase, old style, ranging, hanging, medieval, billing, or antique figures or numerals)?
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1answer
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Getting out of the META
I noticed that there is not a very straightforward button or tab to click that allows one to leave the meta site and enter the main site and visa versa.
This type of functionality would make using ...
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1answer
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What is the Math SE logo?
I don't know what the Math Stack Exchange logo is and was wondering if we (the users) could post ideas on a new one and have users vote for the best one... Is that a possibility or no?
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0answers
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Tag-wiki excerpt editing area overlaps sidebar
I was just fixing a minor grammatical issue in the tag excerpt for divisor-sum when I noticed the following:
A cursory glance at the relevant HTML code did not reveal an immediate cause for this ...
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What new users see when they wish to learn how to ask questions.
Click here to see MSE's discussion of how to ask questions, etc. Notice there is no discussion of posting what the OP has tried. Perhaps this page could be rewritten. I would suggest the following:
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1answer
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Is it possible to change/enlarge font?
Latex is very hard to read especially with complicated expressions that involve powers etc.
Is it possible to change font to Modern Computer and make it larger?
Right now I have to zoom in to read ...
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1answer
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Fonts used on this site
What fonts are used on this site, for text and mathematics.
It looks like Computer Modern, but it seems less "thin" and "spindly" than usual, which I like. Maybe someone fattened up the shapes, or the ...
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1answer
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What is the font used in Math.SE?
What is the font family and the sizes used in MATH.SE content and headings?
Note that I'm not sure if it is the right place to ask this question. If not, I apologize for that.
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2answers
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Can't see the preview at the bottom of a long post
Dynamically-updated previews are wonderful. But because the preview appears below the post, I can only see the top of it. If I'm adding to the bottom of a long post, the browser is working and ...
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0answers
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What's up with the fleur de lis on each post?
Each post has the following image:
http://cdn.sstatic.net/math/img/bg-question.png
Just curious what that's all about or if there's any significant meaning here. My understanding is that it is ...
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0answers
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Is my guess on the behavior of the “Users” page correct?
When I go to my own reputation page, which has several different display modes (by post, by time, graph), it will default to whatever my last choice was. Same with activity, favorites, etc.
Other ...
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2answers
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New Google Plus logo is too bright? [closed]
I see that all the questions now carry a Google Plus logo, in addition to the Facebook and Twitter ones. However, unlike the older logos, I think the G+ logo is a little too bright:
I can tolerate ...
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1answer
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Old usernames and names of deleted users in CW-mode
I noticed this several times already:
In CW-questions e.g. here (active user) or answers e.g. here (deleted user) not the current (or anonymized) user name but rather the one that was active at the ...
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1answer
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Shouldn't images be centered?
I have posted some images inside questions and answers (nice feature), and missed the possibility of specifying the alignment. Actually, considering that the inserted images are never floated/inlined, ...
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votes
1answer
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The voting button update?
I noticed that if I click on the number between the arrows, then this shows:
I presume the number in maroon is the number of downvotes and green is the number of upvotes. Just looking for a ...
