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submitted 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) by SolarPunker@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml
 

What fonts are you currently using on your system? Which do you think is best for the terminal or for your desktop environment?

(updates) Ok I think I'm a fan of Ubuntu nerd fonts right now

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[–] pi49mhsbh@feddit.rocks 2 points 10 months ago
[–] LydiaChlamydia@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Whatever the default font is

[–] Adderbox76@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

Lato, League Spartan, League Gothic are my three most used fonts by a wide margin. Lato and its variety of weights for most things, League when I am doing design work and need a cleaner title or header.

Lately ive been weirdly taken with TT2020 Style G, which is an odd name for a no-name font that replicates an old imperfect typewriter. For whatever reason, switching my writing software to that (Manuscript) suddenly fired up my writing flow.

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago

Fira Code and Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font for monospace. For other uses, I'm usually good with whatever the system ships with.

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 2 points 10 months ago

Fira Sans / FiraGO by Mozilla, and the new SUSE font by SUSE.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

i want serifs. I use Go Mono for monospaced text. i've yet to find a good proportional slab serif font to match though.

[–] fool@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

By proportional slab serif do you mean unmonospacing the monospace like what Ubuntu does? I guess that's why Go Proportional wouldn't work being a sans serif

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[–] lime@feddit.nu 2 points 10 months ago

yeah just using the same characters but "squished" doesn't work since the serifs take up the character space. you need a font designed as proportional. slab serif just means that the serifs are squared rather than pointed like on Times.

[–] 000@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 10 months ago
[–] Mandy@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago

Whatever comes default with the current system.

[–] VanGoghsVan@lemmy.ml 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] fool@programming.dev 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Ohh, that's what that 8bit-y font is called.

...wait. Why would you use 8bit as a system font???

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[–] monovergent@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Biolinum O for desktop

Liberation Mono for terminal

[–] hagarashi8@allthingstech.social 1 points 10 months ago

@SolarPunker I use Exo2 as desktop font and FantasqueSansMono in terminal.

[–] Karmmah@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

I switched to Commit Mono for Terminal not too long ago but I really like it. Otherwise I use Cantarell but only because it is default and I never felt the need to change it.

[–] mukt@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I mostly use an android, and the default font is Ideal Sans Light. On my system, Arial Nova, Courier Prime, Helvetica Neue, Ideal Sans Book and a few others are regulars.

Every once in a while I get this itch which ends up in getting a new favourite font.

[–] Interstellar_1@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 10 months ago

Inter everywhere

[–] DeaDvey@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

VictorMono, has a cool cursive, mono spaced font.

[–] whotookkarl@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago

Ubuntu Mono for terminal, code, and data, Open Sans for the rest

[–] jollyrogue@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 months ago

I don’t have a reason to move away from the Fedora defaults except for monospaced fonts.

Terminal wise, terminus is my default. It’s so clean, and it looks good without anti-aliasing.

Roboto Mono is my current preference for monospaced fonts.

Adobe Source Code Pro and JetBrains Mono are good alternatives as well.

[–] vinnymac@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago
[–] TROJANHEX@linux.community 1 points 10 months ago

Pusab (I'm a gd player)

[–] Kena@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

SegoeUI, it’s damn good and well made

[–] moe90@feddit.nl 0 points 10 months ago

Verdana, Tahoma and Source code pro is good for eyes

[–] Agosagror@sh.itjust.works -1 points 10 months ago

I don't have a favorite system font, am I meant to? I did try to play with fonts at one point but the process of finding fonts and then figuring out how to install them was a bit much.

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