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
Anyone using Nimbus Sans?
It’s actually preinstalled in a lot of systems. You can check via
gnome-font-viewerorfind /usr/share/fonts -name "*Nimbus*"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.
i want serifs. I use Go Mono for monospaced text. i’ve yet to find a good proportional slab serif font to match though.
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
Since basically forever I use DejaVu Sans for UI elements and DejaVu Mono for the terminal.
me too, I loved Verdana before I discovered FOSS and DejaVu Sans is basically FOSS Verdana
I always use Dejavu sans mono for terminal and programming too. I think its the best in terms of readability where indentation is important
Iosevka.
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.
Ubuntu font. Idk why but I like it.
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
I always end up with SF Pro Display for my desktop. For terminal I’m happy with several mentioned here.
There are a lot of San Francisco fonts. Have you tried all of them? :p
🟨 preview: SF Pro display
🟨 preview: Other SF fonts
I like Maple Mono https://github.com/subframe7536/maple-font
An independent open source font, interesting. Looks pretty too, especially for multiple colors
🟨 preview: Maple Mono
I’ve been a fan of IBM Plex for a while now.
Inter for desktop and the nerd-font variant of JetBrainMono for Terminal.
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.
I’ve been enjoying Fira Sans and Fira Mono for far too long: https://mozilla.github.io/Fira/
Please don’t hate me but for desktop I use Segoe UI. After years of using it everything else looks just kinda off and cheap to me. Similar to when folder icons are not yellow
Nothing wrong with that! I prefer Inter for nearly all UIs these days, but I still think Segoe UI looks better than GNOME’s current default of Cantarell.
It is a well-designed system font. Say what you will about Microsoft but they do know how to make a good font or two.
For terminal/editor I went through CodingFont and ended up on Noto Sans Mono. Before that I used Source Code Pro for years. Both patched for nerd fonts, obviously.
U001 is my main system font as a clone of Univers. Monospace is Berkeley Mono—it might be paid/proprietary but boy does it look nice & was an upgrade from several years with Iosevka. JuliaMono is its fallback though since I use Unicode with frequency & Berkeley doesn’t cover all the symbols I use.
The important part is if you care anything about your fonts, you won’t destroy them by patching in that uncurated hodgepodge called “Nerd Fonts” clobbering used symbols or the wrought-with-false-positive “coding ligatures” which is not how ligatures are supposed to be used but programmers refuse to demand Unicode support in their languages to fix the problem.
U001 is new to me, so here’s a link for others to look it up.
Protomolecule for that scifi feel
Protomolecule everywhere? 0.o
Scifi fonts remind me of old Rainmeter configurations. Wonder if Rainmeter ricing is still around
🟨 preview: Protomolecule
As a huge expanse fan, I’m glad someone brought this to life! (Shout-out for the space the nation podcast if you like nerds breaking down the episodes and need a good back catalog for the dark winter days)
