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[-] unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de 46 points 3 months ago

Capital i is same as non-capital L... So a horrible font for me.

[-] bogpunk@lemmy.ca 38 points 3 months ago

The Inter typeface is very versatile and has many different options and variants, including more distinguishable uppercase i and lowercase L. The article just installed the base version as an example. https://rsms.me/inter/

[-] moontorchy@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago

Oh thanks! This is very helpful. Next thing to figure out is how to set those options as default. Found this gem after a bit of googling.

[-] KryptonNerd@slrpnk.net 11 points 3 months ago

Yeah that's really frustrating

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago
[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Do what? Nothing has even been done yet, they're just discussing the possibility of changing the font...

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

I mean making a font whete the l and I are the same

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 3 points 3 months ago

Fair, they're pretty common but most fonts support OpenType variations which let you change parts of the fonts to other variants. Having a variant with distinct l's and I's is pretty common and Inter supports this.

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

but thats counter intuitive, why not stick to a clear fonts? im not gonna judge ones choices but i just dont understand it is all.

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 months ago

I agree, I wish fonts just defaulted to distinguishing between them

[-] slacktoid@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 months ago

time for a mass boycott of bad fonts!!

[-] priapus@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 months ago

Like most modern fonts, it supports a lot of OpenType features, so this can be changed dynamically. Changing some settings by default has already been mentioned in the discussion around the change.

[-] GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml 2 points 3 months ago

I guess they're copying mainstream OSes with this one

[-] walthervonstolzing@lemmy.ml 7 points 3 months ago

IIRC this issue is mentioned in the gitlab discussions (from months ago ... not sure how this became news suddenly); they're looking to patch Inter if they decide to use it as the UI font.

[-] muhyb@programming.dev 1 points 3 months ago

Generally it renders much better but that's a turn off for me as well.

[-] HouseWolf@lemm.ee 0 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

I'm normally not someone who gets hung up on fonts but this one thing bugs me SO MUCH.

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