Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: Favorite Font Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 19:00:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <1835a5c81ceedfd3$44418$19313$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> Injection-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 21:00:04 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="967b396424b084d4f0df9ac3f4da7e6b"; logging-data="3716445"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/lDVeoqGQfgveIVIeJ12emCQUHR7/6TPSNCYuqZnWyqQ==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:/W/sLUoTKGEvlL2X2FzpYyFC9x8= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] 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" -- user is generated from /dev/urandom