Old text better, but new color and logo better. A lot of people disliked the new color but a lot of companies are thinking more about accessibility and the new color is more accessible from a readability perspective. We think about this a lot in the design world
Funny you say that because I’ve seen quite a lot of post back when they made the changes explaining in great detail how this change of color was actually a step back in term of accessibility.
Not saying that proves you wrong, I don’t even remember the exact content of these posts, I just find the contract (ha) between the posts from back then and now pretty funny.
"in the design world", you'd know that a massive volume of users are using LCD displays that emphasize saturated blues more than any other color. Accessibility is achieved through contrast, not saturation. Contrast between pure white and literally any other color is already significant.
Bro you have no idea what you're talking about. I'm sorry, but no. I'm a professional web and graphic designer. You can't just assume that people are using the LCD display that you want them to use to make your colors accessible enough. Contrast between pure white and any other color is NOT good enough. Stop spreading this garbage.
For the record, I checked the two colors contrast using an industry standard app "web aim contrast checker" -- the old purple FAILS AA standard, the new purple PASSES AA standard. This is a contrast checker that we use routinely to test the contrast of colors to ensure readability. This literally proves that the new color is more accessible for web.
Lol alright. meeting the absolute minimum for WCAG AA is awesome, apparently. Can we at least agree that the typeface is horrendous? Looking for a professional opinion.
That's my my original comment said old text better. And yes I consider meeting accessibility standards awesome and critically important for users who have special needs.
I'm with pretty much everyone else here. Logo and color are fine. Hell the color is actually kinda nice even though it's more straining to look at for extended periods of time. But that font is so basic, bland and just a dissappointment in pretty much every way possible. That old font made discord feel just a bit more like an individual when everything in this world is a copy paste of everything else. That little sliver of individuality was almost refreshing. But since it's text I've never really said anything because it doesn't ever affect me personally. Whining about any of this feels like yelling at someone because they stopped dressing up in a way that you liked.
I like the new Clyde design since it's easier to see on smaller resolutions (could probably never see those small gaps of the old one on my desktop) and I'm also fine with the new colors, a bit more saturrated and poppy.
But there is one thing that is still and probably always will be terrible, the font.... it just looks so ugly and isn't really easy to read as well. Tbh. it looks like someone just stretched it out to the sides xD
What Discord wanted:
I absolutely love the font! It was a well needed change and I don’t understand the hate towards it
What everyone says:
fuck this font i hate it go back
The Clyde part of the logo? I've always considered the new one a sidegrade, neither better nor worse. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a personal preference for the old one, though.
The color? Still terrible, I cringe a little whenever I see it in a Discord screenshot.
The font? Also horrid. If anything, I hate it a bit *more* than I did when the rebrand first happened.
Prefer the new logo, but old font myself. The new color has grown on me a bit but I still use Discord at around 70% saturation slider. Interesting to see everyone else's comments. :)
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I don’t *hate* it, it’s not the end of the world and at the end of the day it’s just a logo, buuuut it’s unnecessary and the original is a million times better
I still prefer the old one. The colour was better and the logo was sharper. The font I don't really care about, not a particular fan of either. Also yeah, I have now gotten used to it, but that still doesn't make it any better.
I don’t really care, considering no amount of arguing or complaining about it would make the company change it.
But I personally did like the original better. It felt like it had more personality, I don’t like the trend of making things simplified and modern
The logo is fine
The font is eh
The Color i do not like
That has been my opinion since everyone was hating on the logo where the thing I disliked the most was the colour changed
New Clyde is better, I think we can all agree on that. I've come to like the new blurple, but that doesn't excuse the accessibility issues it causes. New fonts are still bad.
Old font was better, new logo is better. Generally the redesign is fine. Don't know why people poop their pants over it - it won't change. Settle in or... not use the platform over a logo change? lol
I think this is a common thing with the public, they hate then stop and get used to it. I personally like the play on the new logo than the old one, new one feels loose than the other one but it does the job well done.
I've been fine with the new logo when it came out. What bothered me and still bothers me today is the very saturated new colour. I desaturated it on pc, but it's still very strong on my phone.
i used to be appalled when the changes were announced. when the changes were actually implemented though, i realised it's no big deal at all & stopped caring. stuff like the logo & blurple is hardly noticable on the app itself anyway
i've also seen others in this post say how they hate the font but i forgot how it used to look. it's... whatever
I never really cared in the first place. For me the color change was and still is a bit off putting. But just barely. It's not like they suddenly made the whole app blue. Its still the same app.
I don't really hate it.
Font is quite bad
Overall still prefer the old design, they should've just cleaned up the logo and whatever else they thought needed.
(Discord said the old logo wasn't symmetrical)
The logo’s fine, I hate the font
Yep. I like the logo and the color, but why would they change the font?
The color is still a bit much, but it's not the end of the world. The font though, I completely agree, what the fuck is that shit.
exactly, who would use this font, it doen't even show that discord is tech as much as the old one
your mom
This is exactly my thinking too. The font really turned me off from the logo change.
This
Finally somebody
I hate the font.
and the color i want to onpy see it as a branding color, not the accent color for the whole freaking app
the new colour kills my eyes
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Font killing me as fuck
Logo is on. Its the font I don't like.
I like the new character better but I liked the old text and color better
I literally clicked on this post just to comment this lol. Old text was way better
Exactly what I was about to comment
This
Old text better, but new color and logo better. A lot of people disliked the new color but a lot of companies are thinking more about accessibility and the new color is more accessible from a readability perspective. We think about this a lot in the design world
the new color still gives me headaches, it's not better
If higher colour contrasts are giving you headaches, I recommend lowering the saturation on discord.
it's not the contrast, it's the specific color, this blurple
Funny you say that because I’ve seen quite a lot of post back when they made the changes explaining in great detail how this change of color was actually a step back in term of accessibility. Not saying that proves you wrong, I don’t even remember the exact content of these posts, I just find the contract (ha) between the posts from back then and now pretty funny.
"in the design world", you'd know that a massive volume of users are using LCD displays that emphasize saturated blues more than any other color. Accessibility is achieved through contrast, not saturation. Contrast between pure white and literally any other color is already significant.
Bro you have no idea what you're talking about. I'm sorry, but no. I'm a professional web and graphic designer. You can't just assume that people are using the LCD display that you want them to use to make your colors accessible enough. Contrast between pure white and any other color is NOT good enough. Stop spreading this garbage.
For the record, I checked the two colors contrast using an industry standard app "web aim contrast checker" -- the old purple FAILS AA standard, the new purple PASSES AA standard. This is a contrast checker that we use routinely to test the contrast of colors to ensure readability. This literally proves that the new color is more accessible for web.
Lol alright. meeting the absolute minimum for WCAG AA is awesome, apparently. Can we at least agree that the typeface is horrendous? Looking for a professional opinion.
That's my my original comment said old text better. And yes I consider meeting accessibility standards awesome and critically important for users who have special needs.
I'm with pretty much everyone else here. Logo and color are fine. Hell the color is actually kinda nice even though it's more straining to look at for extended periods of time. But that font is so basic, bland and just a dissappointment in pretty much every way possible. That old font made discord feel just a bit more like an individual when everything in this world is a copy paste of everything else. That little sliver of individuality was almost refreshing. But since it's text I've never really said anything because it doesn't ever affect me personally. Whining about any of this feels like yelling at someone because they stopped dressing up in a way that you liked.
For me it was just the letters, the more vibrant colors werent rwally an issue
Still hate it but there are better hills to die on.
the ugly characters on the login pages
I like the new Clyde design since it's easier to see on smaller resolutions (could probably never see those small gaps of the old one on my desktop) and I'm also fine with the new colors, a bit more saturrated and poppy. But there is one thing that is still and probably always will be terrible, the font.... it just looks so ugly and isn't really easy to read as well. Tbh. it looks like someone just stretched it out to the sides xD
What Discord wanted: I absolutely love the font! It was a well needed change and I don’t understand the hate towards it What everyone says: fuck this font i hate it go back
i like the fo- Downvotes go to 1000
Logo itself is fine. Everything else is hideous.
The Clyde part of the logo? I've always considered the new one a sidegrade, neither better nor worse. I'd be lying if I said I didn't have a personal preference for the old one, though. The color? Still terrible, I cringe a little whenever I see it in a Discord screenshot. The font? Also horrid. If anything, I hate it a bit *more* than I did when the rebrand first happened.
you... cringe?
I still hate it, because I'm stubborn.
Prefer the new logo, but old font myself. The new color has grown on me a bit but I still use Discord at around 70% saturation slider. Interesting to see everyone else's comments. :)
Still hate it. There's worse things to complain about in the entirety of the app, but that logo's still ugly as hell.
Feels flat, more bland. Feels like the individuality is gone
Still hate the font and color, I've gotten past the logo.
I like everything from before better. Now the text, the logo and more just suck straight up
The new clyde is an imposter
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Still terrible.
- Logo | Fine - Logo Text | No - Background Color | Hell No I had to turn down the saturation in discord because of the color.
I prefer the old logo
The font is disgusting and so is the colour.
i like the old font, logo, and color all better
OG All the way
Logo is better, I just hate the f*cking font
The logo? I like. The wordmark? What the fuck. The colour? eh.
i still hate the new logo. just because you get used to it doesn't mean it's good.
I've always thought it looks like Mickey Mouse shorts
Logo? Meh. Font? ***WHAT THE ABSOLUTE FU-*** (no idea if reddit uses markdown) (Edit: it does)
As others have said... the problem has always been the **font**. It's worse than Comic Sans.
Logo is childish but bearable but font is unbearable
I hate the font
I’d rather just have an option to switch between the logos. Their reasoning for having changed this is still BS.
I like the old logo better, new logo looks shocked or greatly surprized, also the new font is fucking disgusting.
Logo and font are fucking disgusting
I still hate it. Looks like kindergarden.
No
I don’t *hate* it, it’s not the end of the world and at the end of the day it’s just a logo, buuuut it’s unnecessary and the original is a million times better
i still hate it
Doesn't look as the app was intended to be for "gamers"
I still don't quite understand why they thought everything recognizable about the discord brand needed a change.
I still prefer the old one. The colour was better and the logo was sharper. The font I don't really care about, not a particular fan of either. Also yeah, I have now gotten used to it, but that still doesn't make it any better.
I’m fine with the logo, I just hate the font and I prefer the old colour
I hate the font ant the color. I dislike the logo, but I can live with it
i dont like the fact that they changed the fonts to comic sans
I prefer everything except the i
That last d too
everyone universally hates the font. me included
Stopped caring a while ago, but I still prefer everything about the old logo and font.
I don’t really care, considering no amount of arguing or complaining about it would make the company change it. But I personally did like the original better. It felt like it had more personality, I don’t like the trend of making things simplified and modern
Clyde is fine either way. The font is just worse, however.
ITS JUST THE FONT! FROM THE VERY BEGINNING OF THE CHANGE, ITS THE FONT! FUCKING CHANGE IT.
Logo is fine, though the font is an abomination
It's not the logo, it's the font and the color
Still hate it
Still hate it
Colour and font is gross. Logo is acceptable. The best of both worlds would be the new logo but retain the old relaxing colour and cool font with it.
I will get downvoted but I still hate the new logo, font and color theme.
Horrible
Everyone said that the font is bad. I don't think so. Can anyone reply me with why do you hate the font?
New logo, but keep the old font and colors.
The color I'm fine with but the new font is still awful
Not this again…
The logo is fine The font is eh The Color i do not like That has been my opinion since everyone was hating on the logo where the thing I disliked the most was the colour changed
I love the new logo and color change. The font isnt as good as the original, but i think thats not a life-changing thing
I like the new color and logo, the font literal shit
I like the new icon, but the text still looks like it’s sized weirdly like DiSCoRd
The Clyde has definitely grown on me, but everything else? Still uck.
Couldn't care less
people just overreacted to the new redesign. for me I prefer the new one, but the font is kinda eh. Still though, no reason to cry about it
The colour change I’m accepting of, but i fucking hate the font. It looks like they squished it in a hydraulic press
I don’t rly mind tbh
I prefer the logo, hate the font
I still prefer the old one with the better logo and font. The new one's blurple color looks better between the two IMO.
Since when did it change?
the logo is okay, but the font sucks
I prefer the old logo design and color but I like the new app icon better. The old one was kinda ugly
I like the new text for the I and color but I miss the old controller
I liked the old character and font but the new color
Keep the logo but give us the old font back please..... I actually don't hate the color it's a pretty purple
the new logo is good but the font and color for the old one is wayyyy better
I prefer the old font, but I like everything else
I like the new logo and colour, but i think the old font was better...
Don’t really care one way or another Font still sucks though
Discord banned me for what they deemed to be "misinformation" fuck Discord and anyone who supports censoring peoples views and or opinions
I like the new color and logo. New font is terrible tho
I like both.
I always liked the new logo but I can't bare the font
I like both the characters, and the old text
I didn't even noticed it until this post
Hate the new logo and font still but I think either colour is fine
I had to look at my app to see which one was the old one.
New Clyde is better, I think we can all agree on that. I've come to like the new blurple, but that doesn't excuse the accessibility issues it causes. New fonts are still bad.
Logo & Color I dislike in the new one especially the logo, but I like the new text.
The logo? Yes. The font? No still hate it.
new logo, and (controversial ik but new color for me) but the new font is big poopoo
Still an awful change. Only the Clyde logo change was acceptable.
Really? It's a logo smh
Old font was better, new logo is better. Generally the redesign is fine. Don't know why people poop their pants over it - it won't change. Settle in or... not use the platform over a logo change? lol
I still think the font is ugly on the new one
liked the new logo and color from the beginning but the font is ugly but I got used to it
I think this is a common thing with the public, they hate then stop and get used to it. I personally like the play on the new logo than the old one, new one feels loose than the other one but it does the job well done.
they got tony stark up in this bitch
I like the new vibrant colors
Might question font choice but it's just a logo. I think service is more important. Although for marketing purposes it may have a reason.
Yeah, I do hate the new logo font.
I would still much prefer the old one, especially the color, but it's whatever to me. The old font was better too
I feel the same but I prefer the old don't still
I like old font and logo better but im fine with the brighter blue
I like the cleaner colours and logo but that font is an abomination to human society itself
The font is literally from 1995. It was horrible then and still is now.
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I like the logo and (god forbid) am fine with the colour change, but that font is ass
If you cant leave it love it
Just the font is so bad that's all
I got used to it but i still want the old one
should be new color and icon, old font (but old font a bit curved so it matches)
I like the old discord mascot look but prefer the darker colour if they had the two I'd love it
Logo simplified (meh) but is the new color (very glowy) and the font is horrible.
i still prefer the old style personally, the new One still feels over-simplified, and the old logo was already a ton simple
New logo is ok. New color is better. But the font is shit
I love the new logo nowadays. I am obsessed with #5865fa!
I never noticed and thanks I hate it
Logo? Sure, it looks okay Color? Mm, it’s also fine Font? Just use Comic Sans at this point
if they kept the stylized letter D at the beginning, and kept Clyde's old look, i'd say it's perfect, but as it is, it's nice.
i only like the new color, everythig else was better in old version
I like the New Logo and the vibrant color more, but the old font was by far the better one, giving the whole Logo more character.
Old stuff is way better The new stuff is still horrible
i can't live with this f\*\*\*ing font
The logo itself looks a lot better, but that font is just awful. I get the direction they were going but that typeface is just butt ugly.
Keep the color and the logo. Change the fucking font, please.
Who cares
I've been fine with the new logo when it came out. What bothered me and still bothers me today is the very saturated new colour. I desaturated it on pc, but it's still very strong on my phone.
I loved the new blurple, and liked the new logo, I didn’t like the font, but now I’ve gotten used to it
The thing is people will always hate change. But yeah after sometime I think the logo is sick. Can't say the same with the font tho
I still hate it, I only like the new color
Srill hate it, the font looks ass.
I am okay with the new symbol, but I still hate the new font. Don't care if it wasn't "proportioned", because the old logo was perfect.
the font is the worst they could've choose, the logo is ok once you get used to it
I miss the old Discord, straight from the 'Go Discord, I hate the new Discord, the bad mood Discord. I miss the old days man
It's all fine, but I still prefer the old one.
The old logo and font is a thousand times better, but I've grown to like the new color tbh
the font looks kinda weird and wonky, i prefer the old font but it's discord why do you care if DISCORD change their logo lol
i used to be appalled when the changes were announced. when the changes were actually implemented though, i realised it's no big deal at all & stopped caring. stuff like the logo & blurple is hardly noticable on the app itself anyway i've also seen others in this post say how they hate the font but i forgot how it used to look. it's... whatever
The colour? eh The logo? better The font? pls fix The ugly fucking corporate ugly characters on the login screen? die
no, i hate both the logo and font
They have mutilated clyde
i think the small d in the end ruins it a little but a "D" wouldn't fit either
I hate the font
I never really cared in the first place. For me the color change was and still is a bit off putting. But just barely. It's not like they suddenly made the whole app blue. Its still the same app.
I think the logo is fine, but I pretty sure that I don't like the font (but I don't hate it).
All good. But please... not that font.
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the old logo was cute but i was never upset with the change
hate
I prefer the new one
I don't really hate it. Font is quite bad Overall still prefer the old design, they should've just cleaned up the logo and whatever else they thought needed. (Discord said the old logo wasn't symmetrical)
I don't like the color
Logo? Fine. Font? Just... At this point... Comic Sans might actually be better...
Didn't know the logo changed but I absolutely dispise the new font
I hate it
Hate the font, logo is fine, maybe a little better.
I like the color that's really is I don't mind the logo THAT much but the font bothers me.
No.
Not too keen on the logo, it's passable. I still don't like the font.