Some minor changes have recently been made to FanCruft. The size and length of the RSS feed have been reduced, so that very old articles no longer appear and the whole feed should load faster.
The site’s typeface has been changed to Trebuchet MS. As the name implies, it is a Microsoft Font that is included with recent versions of Windows and some Microsoft products on other platforms. Because it was included in the “Core Fonts” project, it should be available as a free download for any platform that supports TrueType fonts. The logo will remain in Comic Sans MS, because I’m too lazy to change it, I think it looks kind of nice, and I lost the original picture of a slice of bread that it’s based on. There are many things that go into choosing a typeface for a website – availability, readability, and the “feel” of the font. I choose Trebuchet not because it does well on these factors (although it does) but because it renders amperstands (“&”) in a way that makes it obvious that they’re derived from Latin word “et”.
Minor changes have also been made to the about page. One of the changes is a tip about the “similar” links that appear with reviews: “…if you don’t have a preference, have a look at both the filtered and unfiltered list. My general experience has been that either one list or the other has better results. Also, the list of similar animes can be bookmarked, and will change when you return in the future to reflect new and updated reviews on FanCruft.”
Site updates: April 2006
By RedWordSmith