Why is there a disgusting new font on Quora?

You mean, the font announced with a literal gong within Quora?

Instagram post by Quora • Feb 11, 2017 at 2:28am UTC

quora: Ringing the gong! One of our oldest traditions for product launches–this time we’re celebrating our new custom typeface [math]unicode{x1F514}unicode{x1F514}unicode{x1F514} [/math]#quora

[Why yes, Quora does use emojis on Instagram—not em-dashes, though.]

Of course this has been covered off with great erudition by Martin Silvertant: Martin Silvertant’s answer to Why is there a disgusting new font on Quora?

In conclusion, Quora has not introduced a disgusting new typeface. Rather, they are using the typeface they chose incorrectly. Quora has done amazingly by using Tiempos Text for body text, but they need some guidance in establishing a harmonious, coherent typographic system for the website.

Quora Design Team. “Guidance in establishing a harmonious, coherent typographic system for the website Sold Separately.”

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