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Basic fonts (lemmy.ml)

submitted 11 months ago by igalmarino@lemmy.ml to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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What is your "basic" list of fonts every linux desktop user should install ?

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[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 9 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

This isn't specific to Linux necessarily, but the best free fonts I like the most that I always install regardless of OS are:

DejaVu (included by default in a lot of Linux distros but not in Windows)
EB Garamond (a font intended to replicate Garamond but with the Open Font License)
Inconsolata (a font intended to replicate Consolas but with the Open Font License)
Noto (also included by default on a lot of Linuxes but on Windows)
Vollkorn

[–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 4 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Inconsolata is my ride or die font for programming.

[–] astraeus@programming.dev 5 points 11 months ago

Same, love using it for terminal and vscode

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

Yeah I fucking love that font. Better than Noto Mono because in Inconsolata the zeros have a cross through them and therefore it's easier to distinguish them from the letter O.

The only downside is that it hasn't been updated since 2015-12-04 and thus only has "the base ASCII set and ... the Latin 1, 2, and 9 complements". So it works for most English-speaking purposes, but runs into problems if you try to use certain symbols used outside of that context, like other languages or some special characters. I don't run into it often enough to be too much of a problem, but it is there.

[–] bustrpoindextr@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago) (1 children)

May I introduce you to Nerd fonts you can have your inconsolata and your symbols

[–] EveryMuffinIsNowEncrypted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 11 months ago* (last edited 11 months ago)

Like I said, I don't really run into it enough to need another piece of software installed on my computer, but that is definitely something I need to keep in the back of my mind. It seems delightful! ^_____^ Thank you!