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SUSE just open-sourced a typeface :)
- Strit ( @Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ) 36•15 days ago
Already in the AUR as otf-suse and ttf-suse. :)
- trevor ( @trevor@lemmy.blahaj.zone ) English16•14 days ago
Silly question: what’s the difference between the otf and ttf fonts?
Edit: thanks for the explainers!
- Strit ( @Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show ) 21•14 days ago
As far as I understand it, TTFs are more basic, while OTF can have more features and glyphs.
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 28•14 days ago
OTF is a modern extended version of TTF, with more features. Downsides are it can be bigger in filesize and could even take longer to load. But that is not really relevant for modern computing and one should default to OTF, unless there is a good reason to use TTF variant (if both are available).
- Ephera ( @Ephera@lemmy.ml ) 12•14 days ago
Sounds like it, yeah.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TrueType
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenType
- dino ( @dino@discuss.tchncs.de ) English19•14 days ago
no dotted zeroes = no terminal use
- thingsiplay ( @thingsiplay@beehaw.org ) 29•14 days ago
I don’t think this font was designed for the terminal. It’s a sans font with some inspiration from monospace styling, but with focus of brand recognition and usage in headlines or text. That’s what I’m getting here. Similar to what Ubuntu does with their font.
- P4ulin_Kbana ( @P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ) 12•13 days ago
I need more discussion on typefaces. Typography is one of my hyperfixations. :-)
P.S.: I meant “special interests”, not hyperfixations.
- Guenther_Amanita ( @Guenther_Amanita@slrpnk.net ) 11•14 days ago
I will give the font a try!
I’m not dyslexic, but I think legibility is super important and underrated on most distros. This one looks both aesthetic and very readable.
Do you know if it is already in the Fedora repos? If not, how can I install it?
Personally just grabbed it from their release page: https://github.com/SUSE/suse-font/releases/tag/v1.000. Then dropped those files into my ~/.fonts, directory.
- probableprotogen ( @probableprotogen@lemmy.dbzer0.com ) 7•14 days ago
This will be a nice addition to my collection of fonts :3
- Cornflake ( @Cornflake_Dog@lemmy.wtf ) English6•14 days ago
That’s awesome! Now how can I add it to Libreoffice?
- 𝕸𝖔𝖘𝖘 ( @01189998819991197253@infosec.pub ) English5•14 days ago
It’s a nice font. I just have a hard time with trusting SUSE after the SUSE vs OpenSUSE debacle.
- LarmyOfLone ( @LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee ) 4•13 days ago
But does it have unicode emojis?
😀 😁 😂 😃 😄 😅 😆 😇 😈 🕧 🕯️ 🕰️ 🕳️ 🕴️ 🕵️ 🕶️ 🕷️ 🕸️ 🕹️ 🕺 🖇️ 🖊️ 🖋️ 🖌️ 🖍️ 🖐️ 🖕 🖖 🖤 🖥️ 🖨️ 🖱️ 🖲️ 🖼️ 🗂️ 🗃️ 🗄️ 🗑️ 🗒️ 🗓️ 🗜️ 🗝️ 🗞️ 🗡️ 🗣️ 🗨️ 🗯️ 🗳️ 🗺️ 🗻 🗼 🗽 🗾 🗿
Hmm it specifically seems to be missing emojis
- HaleHirsute ( @HaleHirsute@infosec.pub ) 3•14 days ago
That’s a pretty good looking font. I think that lowercase g might be distracting but it’s workable.
- P4ulin_Kbana ( @P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ) 2•14 days ago
The correct term would be typeface ☝️🤓
- cygnus ( @cygnus@lemmy.ca ) 3•14 days ago
I’m not a fan of the way the lowercase L’s tail interacts with uppercase letters, but other than that it’s not bad!
- zod000 ( @zod000@lemmy.ml ) 3•14 days ago
I don’t love it, but I also went in hoping for a possible new monospaced font to try out. It’s nice to have options and maybe give Suse a slightly more distinct look I suppose.
- cygnus ( @cygnus@lemmy.ca ) 5•14 days ago
Try this: https://www.programmingfonts.org/
- zod000 ( @zod000@lemmy.ml ) 2•14 days ago
I’ve used it in the past, thanks for reminding me of it though.
- potentiallynotfelix ( @potentiallynotfelix@lemdro.id ) English2•14 days ago
i fw it
- P4ulin_Kbana ( @P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ) 2•14 days ago
What does this means?
- Chamomile 🐑 ( @chamomile@furry.engineer ) 2•14 days ago
@P4ulin_Kbana @potentiallynotfelix fw = fuck with. It means they like it.
- P4ulin_Kbana ( @P4ulin_Kbana@lemmy.eco.br ) 1•13 days ago
Thank you!
- Petter1 ( @Petter1@lemm.ee ) 2•14 days ago
I think it is a beautiful font, but I feel like I can not read it as well as others fonts in my high DPI small font (or basically anything small) setup.
- selokichtli ( @selokichtli@lemmy.ml ) 2•11 days ago
It looks gorgeous. Can’t wait to use it in my desktop.
Been using it myself since it launched, been loving it so far! Got it active on everything except my terminal.
- daqu ( @daqu@feddit.org ) 2•14 days ago
Looks nice, but I will keep IBM Plex Mono.