It's easy to take for granted but there's an absurd amount of work and thought that goes into it
It's easy to take for granted but there's an absurd amount of work and thought that goes into it
KArguably uneeded work and thought
Syou could put any standard 80s bitmap font into discord and it would be perfectly usable
Kyup
CEspecially in the digital age it's more pervasive than ever
ZNot as easy to read
Kits like Google totally redesigning their UI language every other year.
CFonts can affect even the implied tone of what you read
SAggregate hundreds of thousands of hours making fonts for no reason; we already have some good ones; time to stop
KI like Droid Sans.
Kit's friendly.
SProbably millions of hours actually
JHow I can install the font in Bazzite?
CI layered it because I'm stupid, the package is called
ibm-plex-sans-fontsZThere is a reason. They look good, and someone gets paid by making them
CDon't do that though, download it and put the file in
~/.local/share/fontsKyou could just drop it in
~/.local/share/fonts and go
Rnot all fonts render the same
KOh you said it
Klol
Revery single rasterizer renders fonts differently
CIt's so funny, this is like when you ask your parents for a game as a kid and they tell you that you already have games
CHelvetica at home
Rwe already have a good linux distro, we dont need others (that distro is rhel)
KEhh .. more like asking your parents for a mcdonalds cheeseburger and they get you a mcdonalds hamburger but add a slice of cheese
Ror what is that one dungeon os
Rthat one is funny
K99.99% the same thing
CIt only looks the same because you aren't conscious of the differences
CPerception is tricky
Kyou literally need to be a font nerd to tell the differences between many fonts.
Ranyway, fonts contribute to eye strain
Rwhich is why i care
CYou need to be somewhat of a nerd in general to tell operating systems apart as well
SI don't think you guys realize how many fonts exist. For any new font that comes out, there are 50 existing ones that everyone involved would like equally or more
Ri dont really go by anything technical when it comes to fonts
Ri go by feel
Rif my eyes are not hurting, then it's a good font
ZThere is also licensing. That might be a huge factor of why there are so many fonts looking the same
KThere's also 'Free' versions of lots of 'Licensed' fonts to add to the chaos
Rand generics
KOf course, font licenses are a thing I'll just never care about.
CIt's a huge part of branding, Apple has commissioned fonts forever for this very reason
KWe use Noto because it's what valve uses
KBazzite uses Fira Code because I'm an opinionated asshole and I get to decide what it comes with
SI've been using a 1080p monitor until last year, I use the default fonts, I don't understand this "eye pain" meme. Much like needing dark mode, your monitor is probably just calibrated wrong
Ri get some eye strain with the default fonts on bazzite
Rbut it's easy enough to change them
KYour eyes need to lift more bro
Ri honestly think it's the way they're rendered
K
