Re: Favorite Font

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.

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