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Subject: Re: Favorite Font
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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" 
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