Re: Favorite Font

On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 08:31:09 -0400, Chris Ahlstrom <OFeem1987@teleworm.us>
wrote in <vtiv6e$175nh$3@dont-email.me>:

candycanearter07 wrote this post while blinking in Morse code:
 

L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> wrote at 18:31 this Saturday (GMT):

This is not a frivolous issue.
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There are many fonts available on GNU/Linux but the only font that I
continually select for all my GUI apps and even virtual terminals is
the Liberation family:
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https://github.com/liberationfonts/liberation-fonts
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IMO, the Liberation fonts are the best and every other font seems
quite ugly or unsatisfying in comparison.
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Liberation also has extensive Unicode coverage but that is not the
main point of concern.
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To me, this is unusual.  Why should one font family be so far ahead,
aesthetically speaking?
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Surely there are other candidates but I have found none that appeal to
me so greatly as does Liberation.
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What are the experiences of others?  What are YOUR favorite fonts for
general application use, especially in word processors or text
editors?
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I am tempted to exclude all the dozens of GNU/Linux fonts except for
Liberation.  Do you feel the same?

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I use a bunch of fonts from https://int10h.org/oldschool-pc-fonts/ and
also "pokemon emerald pro"

 
Heh, I've installed the Atari ST font from time to time; now I see the
fonts-atarist package in Debian Sid.
 
Here's a quick example on my computer:
 
    https://imgur.com/a/oJ0prmr
 
Just a little bit of nostalgia... the Atari ST gave me many happy hours
of fun.

This one, as well as Terminus, are too jaggy for my taste.

Here is Liberation:

https://imgur.com/zXHPOOe

And here is one with the body in Libertinus Sans Regular:

https://imgur.com/8ZoMStp

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