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

  • Matriks404@lemmy.world
    3·
    6 hours ago

    I know that this will anger some people, but I just use the defaults and I don’t get why there are so many fonts, since they don’t seem that much different to me.

  • fool@programming.dev
    2·
    8 hours ago
    Anyone using Nimbus Sans?

    It’s actually preinstalled in a lot of systems. You can check via
    gnome-font-viewer or find /usr/share/fonts -name "*Nimbus*"

    • Jonny@lemmy.rimkus.itDeutsch
      2·
      10 hours ago

      I always use Dejavu sans mono for terminal and programming too. I think its the best in terms of readability where indentation is important

    • Shihali@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      6 hours ago

      Iosevka fits very well with East Asian characters, if you need those.

      I find it narrower than I like otherwise, but I need Japanese characters often enough that I put up with it for my terminal.

    • poinck@lemm.ee
      4·
      12 hours ago

      Same. I’ve compiled a custom variant of Iosevka for terminal and code, because I want to have some chars in a certain way, especially the 0 and the & for even better readability. I used to have Monoid for code and terminal, but it the pixel perfect size for 12pt was getting too small for me and my eyes are not getting any better. Iosevka looks better even after some hinting by the OS.

      On the rest of the desktop UI I use B612, because it is very ledgible, I recently switch over from the hyperledible Atkinson font. Before that I had Gidole on the desktop. Very pleasing, but not that readable at same font size.

  • Karmmah@lemmy.world
    1·
    9 hours 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.

  • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
    2·
    10 hours ago

    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·
      8 hours ago

      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

      🟨 Preview: Go Mono

      • lime!@feddit.nuEnglish
        2·
        7 hours 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.

    • fool@programming.dev
      2·
      8 hours ago

      I agree! Nice memories of hitting backspace in a Linux Mint terminal and hearing that weird-ass BWOUP sound.

      I recommend Ubuntu Mono for Termux users. Look at this black-background beauty – way better than the angly flat default

  • Samsy@lemmy.ml
    18·
    20 hours ago

    Inter for desktop and the nerd-font variant of JetBrainMono for Terminal.

    • SolarPunker@slrpnk.netOP
      2·
      19 hours ago

      Lol I re-discovered Inter about 10 minutes ago, I find it a little better than Noto Sans. (edit) I’m not really sure, maybe I’ve gotten too used to the Notos.

  • ProtonBadger@lemmy.ca
    2·
    12 hours ago

    I always end up with SF Pro Display for my desktop. For terminal I’m happy with several mentioned here.

    • fool@programming.dev
      2·
      8 hours ago

      There are a lot of San Francisco fonts. Have you tried all of them? :p

      🟨 preview: SF Pro display

      🟨 preview: Other SF fonts

    • fool@programming.dev
      4·
      8 hours ago

      An independent open source font, interesting. Looks pretty too, especially for multiple colors

      🟨 preview: Maple Mono