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Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).
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Code new roman! It's so cosy, and readable. I am a sucker for fonts with the cursive styled 'a'
I like Delugia for any monospace needs. It's a nerdfont, and it's nicely readable without looking too chunky.
I always end up with SF Pro Display for my desktop. For terminal I’m happy with several mentioned here.
There are a lot of San Francisco fonts. Have you tried all of them? :p
🟨 preview: SF Pro display
::: spoiler 🟨 preview: Other SF fonts
I know that this will anger some people, but I just use the defaults and I don't get why there are so many fonts, since they don't seem that much different to me.
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*"
i want serifs. I use Go Mono for monospaced text. i've yet to find a good proportional slab serif font to match though.
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
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yeah just using the same characters but "squished" doesn't work since the serifs take up the character space. you need a font designed as proportional. slab serif just means that the serifs are squared rather than pointed like on Times.
Whatever comes default with the current system.
Fixedsys
Ohh, that's what that 8bit-y font is called.
...wait. Why would you use 8bit as a system font???
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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.
Why were you downvoted? Cartograph CF is rather pretty - its italics aren't so bad either. But Victor Mono's cursive comments... yeesh
🟨 preview: Cartograph CF
🟨 preview: Victor Mono
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.
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.
Verdana, Tahoma and Source code pro is good for eyes