Typographer Erik Spiekermann on iOS 7 [German]

English subtitles are provided, as well.

I have no doubt that IOS7 will change before it is finally released as Apple will be listening to reactions very carefully, but there is one thing that all these purist designers forget. IOS isn't designed for their approval, it is designed to appeal to IOS users en-masse and to distinguish IOS7 from previous versions.

For example, whether these people think Helevetica light is inappropriate for this kind of usage is irrelevant. Now if the objections were on the grounds of reduced accessibility, that would be very different but it seems to me that lots of designers (and Spiekermann is very eminent) are just unhappy that their established rules are being ignored. So be it, that is change. Whether the change is successful remains to be seen.

Here's a related articled that can be translated.

http://www.mactechnews.de/news/article/Schriftgestalter-Erik...