What fonts are you currently using on your system? Which do you think is best for the terminal or for your desktop environment?

(updates) Ok I think I’m a fan of Ubuntu nerd fonts right now

    • thayerw ( thayerw@lemmy.ca ) English
      5·
      2 years ago

      Nothing wrong with that! I prefer Inter for nearly all UIs these days, but I still think Segoe UI looks better than GNOME’s current default of Cantarell.

    • fool ( fool@programming.dev ) 
      4·
      2 years ago

      I agree! Nice memories of hitting backspace in a Linux Mint terminal and hearing that weird-ass BWOUP sound.

      I recommend Ubuntu Mono for Termux users. Look at this black-background beauty – way better than the angly flat default

  • cravl ( cravl@slrpnk.net ) 
    5·
    2 years ago

    For desktop, I’ve liked Lato, Source Sans Pro, and Inter to name three.

    For terminal, I used Iosevka’s customizer to create a gorgeous Fira Mono-like variant that I call Iosevka Firesque:

    [buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque]
family = "Iosevka Firesque"
spacing = "term"
serifs = "sans"
noCvSs = true
exportGlyphNames = false

  [buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque.variants]
  inherits = "ss05"

    [buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque.variants.design]
    capital-g = "toothless-corner-serifless-hooked"
    capital-q = "crossing-baseline"
    g = "single-storey-serifed"
    long-s = "bent-hook-tailed"
    cyrl-a = "single-storey-earless-corner-serifed"
    cyrl-ve = "standard-interrupted-serifless"
    cyrl-capital-ze = "unilateral-serifed"
    cyrl-ze = "unilateral-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-en = "top-left-bottom-right-serifed"
    cyrl-en = "top-left-bottom-right-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-er = "open-serifless"
    cyrl-er = "earless-corner-serifless"
    cyrl-capital-u = "cursive-flat-hook-serifless"
    cyrl-u = "curly-motion-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-e = "unilateral-bottom-serifed"
    cyrl-e = "unilateral-bottom-serifed"
    brace = "straight"
    ampersand = "upper-open"
    at = "threefold"
    cent = "open"
    • fool ( fool@programming.dev ) 
      3·
      2 years ago

      I read through the website, and it feels… odd.

      Is this font’s only purpose to be variable-width tunable?

      The website has this interesting showcase:

      “[Student fluency] is measured in Words Correct Per Minute… Each student read out loud a passage set in a control of Times New Roman, then four of the Lexend Series — Deca, Exa, Giga, and Mega.”

      They even give example text for the viewer in both fonts. Of course, Times New Roman was blown out of the water, and the viewer can feel it.

      But… this is apples to oranges. Of course the viewer can feel it, Times New Roman is a freakin’ serif, and there are a quinquagintillion sans serifs for small digital text, for good reason! Then what does this font have over other sans fonts? I couldn’t find the “Stanford study” or any other comparisons, but if I were to surmise a guess:

      “Variable font technology allows for continuous selection of the Lexend Series to find the specific setting for an individual student.”

      It’s to be able to adapt for a student reader’s preferences.

      I dunno, the site’s framing of “changing the way the world reads” feels disingenuous – it’s a nice sans tho.

  • john89 ( john89@lemmy.ca ) Banned
    4·
    2 years ago

    Personally, whatever is default.

    I know that may sound weird, but I’m a huge fan of sane defaults that I don’t even notice are there.

    • fool ( fool@programming.dev ) 
      5·
      2 years ago

      Protomolecule everywhere? 0.o

      Scifi fonts remind me of old Rainmeter configurations. Wonder if Rainmeter ricing is still around

      🟨 preview: Protomolecule

      • guy ( guy@piefed.social ) English
        2·
        2 years ago

        Except the terminal and a few other places.
        While it’s very good looking, it’s not extremely practical with no difference (almost) between lower case and upper case letters.

  • The Ramen Dutchman ( lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network ) English
    3·
    2 years ago

    Noto Sans for sans-serif text (and the OS)
    It’s legible, standard-looking and support about every writing system in the world. You can install it on Debian using # apt install fonts-noto, some others like -cjk and -extra help with the “supports about every writing system in the world”-aspect.

    Merriweather for the serif font fallback for the browser, as well as TTRPG campaign printouts
    It’s very legible, and looks quite sexy for a serif font. There’s no package for it currently (although AUR and Nix users might have better luck), it has to be downloaded from Google Fonts

    JetBrains Mono for the terminal TUI’s
    It looks a bit playful, like lego-letters, is legible and supports about every writing system in the world. # apt install fonts-jetbrains-mono.

    Although I use…

    Verdana for source code
    It differentiates every character well and leaves enough space to easily recognise special characters such as brackets. And I don’t believe monospace fonts are more legible. It’s included in ttf-mscorefonts-installer but the font is not open-source.