Re: Favorite Font

Supersedes for wrong URL and format.

L Thorpe wrote in comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.misc:

Liberation also has extensive Unicode coverage but that is
not the main point of concern.

Lato >3 should be okay, although I have not taken all the time
necessary to scrutinize the font thouroughly.

To me, this is unusual.  Why should one font family be so
far ahead, aesthetically speaking?

The developers have an objective in mind and pursue it for as long
as it took them.

Surely there are other candidates but I have found none
that appeal to me so greatly as does Liberation.

I have always preferred Humanist font styles like Linux Biolinum
(Humanist font face of the Linux Libertine family).
There are other fonts that resemble that one quite closely; before
the ‘€’ sign had become necessary, I had “Stardome” which – in my
memory – matched the newer font completely and I do not remember its
origin. BTW. The SoftMaker GmbH >1 in Germany proposes perfectly
written fonts and there is at least one which replaces my favorite
font perfectly. Others will do the same and I do not claim that my
predilection in fonts should be imitated by anybody!

I have less use for the serif version of the Linux Libertine family,
although it is probably great on printed media. Anyway, Biolinum
(and similar fonts) have the advantage to be usable on paper *and*
on screen, without hurting my eye.

What are the experiences of others?  What are YOUR favorite
fonts for general application use, especially in word processors
or text editors?

In a text-editor, like vim or others that do not have nifty styling
features, I use Anonymous Pro by Mark
Simonson >2.

Anywhere else it is Linux Biolinum.

I am tempted to exclude all the dozens of GNU/Linux fonts
except for Liberation.  Do you feel the same?

No. I have in the past eliminated fonts that I would need later for
special purposes. Rather move them away from the
/usr/share/fonts/…/ folder that they reside in or deactivate them
if your software allows that (my text-processor does). It is too
easy to move font-files around.

Cheerio
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1) <https://www.softmaker.com>
2) <https://www.marksimonson.com/fonts/view/anonymous>
3) <https://www.latofonts.com/lato-free-fonts/>
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