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Your favorite system fonts?
from SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to linux@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 00:14
https://slrpnk.net/post/16334094

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

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Samsy@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 00:20 next collapse

Inter for desktop and the nerd-font variant of JetBrainMono for Terminal.

SolarPunker@slrpnk.net on 20 Dec 00:25 collapse

Lol I re-discovered Inter about 10 minutes ago, I find it a little better than Noto Sans. (edit) I’m not really sure, maybe I’ve gotten too used to the Notos.

waspentalive@lemmy.one on 20 Dec 00:27 next collapse

any with a dotted zero, extra points for italic.

valen@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 00:35 next collapse

I love Eurostile Regular. Git it at freefonts.co/fonts/eurostile-regular

whizzlezoop@feddit.org on 20 Dec 00:42 next collapse

Please don’t hate me but for desktop I use Segoe UI. After years of using it everything else looks just kinda off and cheap to me. Similar to when folder icons are not yellow

thayerw@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 00:55 next collapse

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.

Jesus_666@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 01:12 collapse

It is a well-designed system font. Say what you will about Microsoft but they do know how to make a good font or two.

Ephera@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 01:03 next collapse

I’ve been enjoying Fira Sans and Fira Mono for far too long: mozilla.github.io/Fira/

communism@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 01:07 next collapse

Gohu Font Nerd is a nice small bitmap font I’m fond of. Only issue is the size for high DPI monitors, but the JetBrainsMono nerd font is a nice vector font that’s easy on the eyes (quite stereotypical/cliché, but that’s for a reason).

Botzo@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 05:11 next collapse

Dropping a link for others since it’s the first time I heard of it.

font.gohu.org

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:55 collapse

Interesting. What makes you use bitmaps as a system font?

Gohu: <img alt="" src="https://font.gohu.org/14-fox.png">

I get it for TTYs. For TTYs nothing will take me away from Terminus :]

freeman@feddit.org on 20 Dec 01:10 next collapse

Lexend Deca for me. A mix of a dyslexoc-font, Arial and a bit of the roundness of Comic Sans. (Sorry, probably bad examples, am no font nerd)

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:45 collapse

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.

savvywolf@pawb.social on 20 Dec 01:21 next collapse

I’ve been using Source Code Pro for a while now. Might not be the best, but it does the job for me.

fossphi@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 02:04 next collapse

Code new roman! It’s so cosy, and readable. I am a sucker for fonts with the cursive styled ‘a’

hallettj@leminal.space on 20 Dec 02:21 next collapse

I love Cartograph CF for the terminal and code editor. I like the handwriting-style italic variant, and it has programming ligatures. And of course I like the way the font looks.

There is an open-source font, Victor Mono, that also has a handwriting-style italic variant and programming ligatures. Otherwise its style is quite different.

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:23 collapse

Why were you downvoted?

Cartograph CF is rather pretty. And its italics aren't so bad.

Victor Mono's ***cursive comments!?!?!?*** blaspheme, though.

guy@piefed.social on 20 Dec 02:25 next collapse

Protomolecule for that scifi feel

Botzo@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 05:17 collapse

As a huge expanse fan, I’m glad someone brought this to life! (Shout-out for the space the nation podcast if you like nerds breaking down the episodes and need a good back catalog for the dark winter days)

github.com/ThinkDualBrain/Protomolecule

mukt@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 02:28 next collapse

I mostly use an android, and the default font is Ideal Sans Light. On my system, Arial Nova, Courier Prime, Helvetica Neue, Ideal Sans Book and a few others are regulars.

Every once in a while I get this itch which ends up in getting a new favourite font.

Telorand@reddthat.com on 20 Dec 02:30 next collapse

I like Delugia for any monospace needs. It’s a nerdfont, and it’s nicely readable without looking too chunky.

Botzo@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 05:26 collapse

Ah, looks like it’s a pre-nerdified cascadia! Not my personal style, but I know a few that love cascadia.

github.com/adam7/delugia-code

toastal@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 02:50 next collapse

U001 is my main system font as a clone of Univers. Monospace is Berkeley Mono—it might be paid/proprietary but boy does it look nice & was an upgrade from several years with Iosevka. JuliaMono is its fallback though since I use Unicode with frequency & Berkeley doesn’t cover all the symbols I use.

The important part is if you care anything about your fonts, you won’t destroy them by patching in that uncurated hodgepodge called “Nerd Fonts” clobbering used symbols or the wrought-with-false-positive “coding ligatures” which is not how ligatures are supposed to be used but programmers refuse to demand Unicode support in their languages to fix the problem.

Botzo@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 05:21 collapse

U001 is new to me, so here’s a link for others to look it up.

fontlibrary.org/en/font/u001

villainy@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 03:06 next collapse

For terminal/editor I went through CodingFont and ended up on Noto Sans Mono. Before that I used Source Code Pro for years. Both patched for nerd fonts, obviously.

Molten_Moron@lemmings.world on 20 Dec 03:57 next collapse

I’ve been a fan of IBM Plex for a while now.

VanGoghsVan@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 04:13 next collapse

Fixedsys

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:52 collapse

Ohh, that’s what that 8bit-y font is called.

…wait. Why would you use 8bit as a system font???

FONT PREVIEW: Fixedsys

zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works on 20 Dec 05:40 next collapse

Iosevka.

poinck@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 07:33 collapse

Same. I’ve compiled a custom variant of Iosevka for terminal and code, because I want to have some chars in a certain way, especially the 0 and the & for even better readability. I used to have Monoid for code and terminal, but it the pixel perfect size for 12pt was getting too small for me and my eyes are not getting any better. Iosevka looks better even after some hinting by the OS.

On the rest of the desktop UI I use B612, because it is very ledgible, I recently switch over from the hyperledible Atkinson font. Before that I had Gidole on the desktop. Very pleasing, but not that readable at same font size.

Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 20 Dec 05:57 next collapse

Ubuntu font. Idk why but I like it.

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 12:05 collapse

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

heydamianc@thelemmy.club on 20 Dec 06:29 next collapse

I like Maple Mono github.com/subframe7536/maple-font

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:12 collapse

An independent open source font, interesting. Looks pretty too, especially for multiple colors

FONT PREVIEW Maple Mono

Mandy@sh.itjust.works on 20 Dec 06:30 next collapse

Whatever comes default with the current system.

moe90@feddit.nl on 20 Dec 06:32 next collapse

Verdana, Tahoma and Source code pro is good for eyes

ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca on 20 Dec 07:47 next collapse

I always end up with SF Pro Display for my desktop. For terminal I’m happy with several mentioned here.

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:10 collapse

There are a lot of San Francisco fonts. Have you tried all of them? :p

FONT PREVIEW: SF Pro display

::: spoiler FONT PREVIEW: Other SF fonts <img alt="" src="https://a11y-guidelines.orange.com/en/mobile/images/iOSdev/wwdc22-110381-Overview_1.png">

Dirk@lemmy.ml on 20 Dec 08:22 next collapse

Since basically forever I use DejaVu Sans for UI elements and DejaVu Mono for the terminal.

ravermeister@lemmy.rimkus.it on 20 Dec 09:41 next collapse

I always use Dejavu sans mono for terminal and programming too. I think its the best in terms of readability where indentation is important

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 20 Dec 10:02 collapse

me too, I loved Verdana before I discovered FOSS and DejaVu Sans is basically FOSS Verdana

lime@feddit.nu on 20 Dec 09:35 next collapse

i want serifs. I use Go Mono for monospaced text. i’ve yet to find a good proportional slab serif font to match though.

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 11:02 collapse

By proportional slab serif do you mean unmonospacing the monospace like what Ubuntu does? I guess that’s why Go Proportional wouldn’t work being a sans serif

font preview: Go Mono

Karmmah@lemmy.world on 20 Dec 11:06 next collapse

I switched to Commit Mono for Terminal not too long ago but I really like it. Otherwise I use Cantarell but only because it is default and I never felt the need to change it.

fool@programming.dev on 20 Dec 12:00 collapse

Anyone using Nimbus Sans?

It’s actually preinstalled in a lot of systems. You can check via
gnome-font-viewer or find /usr/share/fonts -name “*Nimbus*”