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Your favorite system fonts? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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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 24 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] fool@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago

+1 for Inter. Kind of reminds me of San Francisco :)

🟨 preview: Inter

[–] SolarPunker@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

[–] Ephera@lemmy.ml 16 points 2 months ago

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

[–] whizzlezoop@feddit.org 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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 5 points 2 months ago

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 5 points 2 months ago

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.

[–] Molten_Moron@lemmings.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] lord_ryvan@ttrpg.network 2 points 1 month ago

Sorry to judge them on this, but what an awful website!

The font is cool, though!

[–] zaphodb2002@sh.itjust.works 12 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Iosevka.

[–] poinck@lemm.ee 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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.

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[–] Neptr@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Ubuntu font. Idk why but I like it.

[–] fool@programming.dev 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

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

[–] Dirk@lemmy.ml 8 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 2 months ago

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

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[–] guy@piefed.social 7 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Protomolecule for that scifi feel

[–] Botzo@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

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)

https://github.com/ThinkDualBrain/Protomolecule

[–] fool@programming.dev 6 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Protomolecule everywhere? 0.o

Scifi fonts remind me of old Rainmeter configurations. Wonder if Rainmeter ricing is still around

🟨 preview: Protomolecule

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[–] savvywolf@pawb.social 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

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[–] cravl@slrpnk.net 6 points 2 months ago

For desktop, I've liked Lato, Source Sans Pro, and Inter to name three.

For terminal, I used Iosevka's customizer to create a gorgeous Fira Mono-like variant that I call Iosevka Firesque:

[buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque]
family = "Iosevka Firesque"
spacing = "term"
serifs = "sans"
noCvSs = true
exportGlyphNames = false

  [buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque.variants]
  inherits = "ss05"

    [buildPlans.IosevkaFiresque.variants.design]
    capital-g = "toothless-corner-serifless-hooked"
    capital-q = "crossing-baseline"
    g = "single-storey-serifed"
    long-s = "bent-hook-tailed"
    cyrl-a = "single-storey-earless-corner-serifed"
    cyrl-ve = "standard-interrupted-serifless"
    cyrl-capital-ze = "unilateral-serifed"
    cyrl-ze = "unilateral-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-en = "top-left-bottom-right-serifed"
    cyrl-en = "top-left-bottom-right-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-er = "open-serifless"
    cyrl-er = "earless-corner-serifless"
    cyrl-capital-u = "cursive-flat-hook-serifless"
    cyrl-u = "curly-motion-serifed"
    cyrl-capital-e = "unilateral-bottom-serifed"
    cyrl-e = "unilateral-bottom-serifed"
    brace = "straight"
    ampersand = "upper-open"
    at = "threefold"
    cent = "open"

[–] AstroLightz@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago

Hack nerd font is my go to for terminal use.

[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

I find comic sans mono actually looks surprisingly nice for coding and terminal.

[–] waspentalive@lemmy.one 4 points 2 months ago

any with a dotted zero, extra points for italic.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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

https://fontlibrary.org/en/font/u001

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[–] john89@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 month ago

Personally, whatever is default.

I know that may sound weird, but I'm a huge fan of sane defaults that I don't even notice are there.

[–] freeman@feddit.org 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] foster@lemmy.fosterhangdaan.com 4 points 2 months ago

For sans-serif, I use Mona Sans. For monospace, I use Monaspace. I think it's a good-looking combination.

[–] villainy@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

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.

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[–] communism@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

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).