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From: John Ames <commodorejohn@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: Favorite Font
Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2025 12:33:06 -0700
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On Tue, 15 Apr 2025 19:01:47 +0000
Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> wrote:

> I suppose that it is all in the eye of the beholder.
> 
> But LibreOffice has chosen Liberation as the default font
> and it can't be just for the Unicode coverage.

They're free to do as they like - and again, it's certainly a
functional good-enough; I just wouldn't classify it as particularly
nice on an aesthetic level, is all.

> Although perhaps moot, the Nimbus fonts, being part of the ghostscript
> URW collection, AFAIK do not support Unicode. although they do support
> most European languages.

Haven't checked it for full Unicode coverage; fortunately, I don't need
more than extended Latin in my day-to-day, which it handles just fine.

> Print?  Does anyone still print?

Well, if I ever get around to finishing the typesetting for my novel...