# WaniKani Font **URL:** \ **Category:** Requesting Help\ **Created:** [May 19, 2020, 9:29pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-font/43872 "2020-05-19T21:29:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 2
**Author:** ![Belthazar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/wanikanicommunity/user_avatar/community.wanikani.com/belthazar/32/4469_2.png) [@Belthazar](https://community.wanikani.com/u/Belthazar)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2020, 9:35pm UTC](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-font/43872/2 "2020-05-19T21:35:49Z")
Aye, they just changed the fonts to make the weight a bit lighter. > [@Changed text weights on characters](https://community.wanikani.com/t/changed-text-weights-on-characters/43848): > > We finally did it. This was [previewed back in March](https://community.wanikani.com/t/considering-changing-the-font-weight-of-radicals-kanji-and-vocabulary/42490). Given the positive responses we went ahead with the change. The reason for the change is the improved legibility. It can be harder to parse when there are a lot of strokes going on. Enjoy. (The change should go live in like five minutes of this post) --- _[View the full topic](https://community.wanikani.com/t/wanikani-font/43872)._