I too have played since 1.7 / 1.8.
I have a modern computer, 22 / 23 inch running at 1680x1050. WITH the font updated, it is ridiculously huge hogging screen real estate. I also have perfect 20/20 vision. I sit about an arms length away. I can read it perfectly fine with the small default, and it saves screen space for enemy moment. There is absolutely no reason the chat font needs to be near the same as the hud / ammo / nade count and so on. Pure madness.
Yes, you can disable it. That is beside the point. Im just saying I dont see why things like this are made default. I not once had heard anyone complain the font was too small, ever.
The font remained the same size right to 2.8.5 no? Why did the army never change it? - likely because it was sufficient and a few complaints dont validate a change, especially to make it a default.
Even spanky said it was a few people complaining so eliz decided to make it a project. So cool, you make a new feature for people....Thats great. But why would this become the standard default?
If the majority enjoy the large font, so be it, by all means if it should indeed be a default enabled. But I do not see how anyone would prefer to lose screen real estate for a game. Are you really doing that much chatting?
Do you play this game to chat or shoot bitches?