# Upgrading to Version 8

**URL:** <https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-to-version-8/25279>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [May 24, 2019, 5:35am UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-to-version-8/25279 "2019-05-24T05:35:38Z")\
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**Post date:** [September 12, 2019, 10:49pm UTC](https://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/upgrading-to-version-8/25279/8 "2019-09-12T22:49:50Z")

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RE the Dialog font change:

> [@Ignition 8.0.2 Font is different to 7.9.6](http://forum.inductiveautomation.com/t/ignition-8-0-2-font-is-different-to-7-9-6/26547/6):
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> Hi all, About fonts, the Oracle JRE used to include the Bigelow and Holmes [Lucida font](https://lucidafonts.com/collections/lucida-sans). It was mapped to the Dialog font and even hard coded as a fallback font if the specified font name could not be found on the system (for example, you select Comic Sans but it isn’t installed on the system) or if the Character cannot be represented in the selected font. This is because the Lucida Sans font had pretty good glyph matches for a lot of languages. Unfortunately, the Lucida Sans font is not include…

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