Re: Favorite Font

On 2025-04-12, Borax Man <rotflol2@hotmail.com> wrote:

On 2025-04-12, L Thorpe <lt666@sixsixsix.net> wrote:

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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My .Xresources lists Cousine and Inconsolata, as well as for some
programs, Spleen.
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There is another that I use on emacs for my desktop, but as I'm not near
it, and can't look it up, and I can't recall it.

When I use Emacs I use Courier Screenplay, but I only use Emacs with the
Fountain-Mode plugin (which is used for screenplay formatting).

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