Sage advice

I am disappointed and a bit puzzled about your recent format/font change for Mountain Xpress.

Articles and regular features that used to be typeset in a variety of interesting fonts now have a plain, vanilla uniformity. It’s very homogenized and not very interesting. Your publication that used to be visually engaging is now pretty lifeless.

I hope you will consider going back to what used to work — and work effectively. You have a fine publication. “Don’t mess with success,” as someone once said.

— Terry Ward
Asheville

Xpress Responds: Thanks so much for your letter. In July we completed the testing phase of our redesign and applied it throughout the paper, with the goal of a cohesive style that makes reading and navigating easier. However, no newspaper design should be permanent. So you can expect to see refinements and redesigns in the future.

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Thanks for reading through to the end…

We share your inclination to get the whole story. For the past 25 years, Xpress has been committed to in-depth, balanced reporting about the greater Asheville area. We want everyone to have access to our stories. That’s a big part of why we've never charged for the paper or put up a paywall.

We’re pretty sure that you know journalism faces big challenges these days. Advertising no longer pays the whole cost. Media outlets around the country are asking their readers to chip in. Xpress needs help, too. We hope you’ll consider signing up to be a member of Xpress. For as little as $5 a month — the cost of a craft beer or kombucha — you can help keep local journalism strong. It only takes a moment.

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