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

  • @[email protected]
    3•7 months ago

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

    • @[email protected]
      4•7 months ago

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

      🟨 preview: SF Pro display

      🟨 preview: Other SF fonts

  • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬
    7•7 months ago

    Since basically forever I use DejaVu Sans for UI elements and DejaVu Mono for the terminal.

    • raverDeutsch
      2•7 months 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

  • lime!English
    2•7 months 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.

    • @[email protected]
      2•7 months 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!English
        2•7 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.

  • @[email protected]
    1•7 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.

  • @[email protected]
    2•7 months 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*"

  • @[email protected]
    3•7 months 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.

  • @[email protected]
    1•7 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.