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Subject: Re: Favorite Font
Date: 14 Apr 2025 14:33:38 GMT
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On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:31:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
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> candycanearter07 wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
> 
>> L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> wrote at 18:31 this Saturday (GMT):
>>> This is not a frivolous issue.
>>>
>>> There are many fonts available on GNU/Linux but the only font that I
>>> continually select for all my GUI apps and even virtual terminals is
>>> the Liberation family:
>>>
>>> https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts
>>>
>>> IMO, the Liberation fonts are the best and every other font seems
>>> quite ugly or unsatisfying in comparison.
>>>
>>> Liberation also has extensive Unicode coverage but that is not the
>>> main point of concern.
>>>
>>> To me, this is unusual.  Why should one font family be so far ahead,
>>> aesthetically speaking?
>>>
>>> Surely there are other candidates but I have found none that appeal to
>>> me so greatly as does Liberation.
>>>
>>> What are the experiences of others?  What are YOUR favorite fonts for
>>> general application use, especially in word processors or text
>>> editors?
>>>
>>> I am tempted to exclude all the dozens of GNU/Linux fonts except for
>>> Liberation.  Do you feel the same?
>>
>> I use a bunch of fonts from https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ and
>> also "pokemon emerald pro"
> 
> Heh, I've installed the Atari ST font from time to time; now I see the
> fonts-atarist package in Debian Sid.
> 
> Here's a quick example on my computer:
> 
>     https://imgur.com/a/oJ0prmr
> 
> Just a little bit of nostalgia... the Atari ST gave me many happy hours
> of fun.

This one, as well as Terminus, are too jaggy for my taste.

Here is Liberation:

https://imgur.com/zXHPOOe

And here is one with the body in Libertinus Sans Regular:

https://imgur.com/8ZoMStp

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