Zeiss SFL 8x40, A Field Review (1 Viewer)

[Troubador]

Maybe the font depends on the browser settings?
This was Tuesday and is today:
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This is close to how it appears in my Firefox browser although the text here (i.e. excluding the heading and title) is a little bit bold compared with what I see.
Certainly it is nothing like the text complained about by Ignatius so I, too, suspect Ignatius's browser is affecting the reproduction of Gijs's report.

Lee

 

[Ignatius]

Ok. Hopefully we can now put this ad acta ... It was my browser settings. Once I unticked 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above', Mijnheer van Ginkel's pdf was displayed perfectly legibly.



Carry on.

 

[tenex]

Once I unticked 'Allow pages to choose their own fonts, instead of your selections above', Mijnheer van Ginkel's pdf was displayed perfectly legibly.

Hmm... a workaround, not a solution, as it will force all pages you visit (including BF as you've surely noticed) to use the same font. I've left this box checked for years (the desirable and normal default), and was able to read this PDF in its intended font as others have illustrated.

Until your real problem with Firefox (and/or this website) is identified, a better workaround would be to re-check that box, and download any problematic PDF to read offline in Adobe Reader instead of in a browser tab.

Note: with Firefox down to ~3% market share now, web designers may pay less attention to compatibility and odd glitches can start to occur. Then again, complaints on Reddit seem all to come from Linux users, so this font confusion may be specific to that environment?

 

[torbjornhb]

Glad to read that the SFL 10x40 seems like a safe buy.
My father has been dreaming of a "great binocular" since I was a kid. Exactly one year ago, I started my own company, and for this Christmas I decided to take some of the earnings and make his dream come through🙂. Splurged out on a Zeiss Victory SFL 10x40, and really hope his not going to get a heart attack when he gets it.
I also bought a Swarowski EL 10x42 Swarovision as a backup, and I can't really get the Swarowski NL Pure 10x42 out of my head... But, the main use will be for birding, landscape, some stars... and maybe the most important thing; he is going to carry it with him all the time. The compact body on the SFL, and the crazy light weight should make it a no-brainer.