Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
Hello On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 07:36:40PM +0200, Liviu Andronic wrote: Although perfectly aware that this is a much subjective business, I am looking for best fonts, and would much appreciate your sharing of personal choices. This Wiki article [1] has some insight, but not sufficient to satisfy my quest. I use Deja-vu fonts, mostly because it is whole pack (all kinds looking similar) and have Czech diacritics. -- Wait few minutes before opening this email. The temperature difference could lead to vapour condensation. Michal 'vorner' Vaner pgpDOeoIKKCDz.pgp Description: PGP signature
[gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
Hello everyone, Although perfectly aware that this is a much subjective business, I am looking for best fonts, and would much appreciate your sharing of personal choices. This Wiki article [1] has some insight, but not sufficient to satisfy my quest. For best printed output I have settled for either Computer Modern or Palatino, through LyX (LaTeX). For Terminal I am quite happy with Terminus. But I am not very satisfied with the User Interface font. I am currently using Verdana size 8, under Xfce, with anti-aliasing enabled. However, I would much like to use a high-quality LCD display font, that would look good with anti-aliasing disabled (I already have -bindist for media-libs/freetype). So, what font do you use for the User Interface? Thank you in advance, Liviu [1] http://gentoo-wiki.com/HOWTO_Xorg_and_Fonts#Emerging_the_necessary_packages -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
quoth the Liviu Andronic: So, what font do you use for the User Interface? Happy with Bitstream Vera Sans myself. Clean, clear, and looks good. For fixed I use Courier 10-pitch. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
That's not free, that's M$ stuff, but I'd suggest you to take a look, just take a look, at Segoe UI fonts. I Don't know any free fonts comparable to it, but there's a story of some guy who charged M$ for using his font as base for Segoe... I don't know if that font is free, or even if it exists, but it may be worth to take a look at =) If anyone knows a free font comparable to Segoe, I'd be pleased to be aware of =))) And terminus is so f*ck*ng awesome I'm actually using it as my interface font in xmonad =) On Thu, Apr 17, 2008 at 2:55 PM, darren kirby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: quoth the Liviu Andronic: So, what font do you use for the User Interface? Happy with Bitstream Vera Sans myself. Clean, clear, and looks good. For fixed I use Courier 10-pitch. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list -- Gustavo Campos Ciência da Computação / Computer Science - UFMG -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
080417 Liviu Andronic wrote: Although perfectly aware that this is a much subjective business, ... Very much so ! ... I am looking for best fonts and would much appreciate your sharing of personal choices. I like New Century Schoolbook for variable spacing, with URW Palladio as a good alternative; for fixed spaces, Luxi Mono. HTH -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
quoth the Gustavo Campos: That's not free, that's M$ stuff, but I'd suggest you to take a look, just take a look, at Segoe UI fonts. Well, it's included in portage, and I paid $0 for it so.. Besides, the OP mentioned no requirement that the font must be 'free'. I was simply stating what I use because I think it looks good. -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
Well, it's included in portage, and I paid $0 for it so.. Is Segoe UI really in Portage? At the last time I emerged corefonts it wasn't present, so I had to find it on the web =) And by free, I meant the really free free, you know =) I was simply stating what I use because I think it looks good. Damn good IMHO! -- Gustavo Campos Ciência da Computação / Computer Science - UFMG -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
Re: [gentoo-user] OT Best font selection?
quoth the Gustavo Campos: Well, it's included in portage, and I paid $0 for it so.. Is Segoe UI really in Portage? At the last time I emerged corefonts it wasn't present, so I had to find it on the web =) I dunno, I was talking about the Vera Sans. I was going to look for Segoe later. Thanks for the tip on terminus as well. I haver just tried it in my konsole and it looks great. And by free, I meant the really free free, you know =) Yeah, I know ;) I was simply stating what I use because I think it looks good. Damn good IMHO! -- Gustavo Campos Ciência da Computação / Computer Science - UFMG -d -- darren kirby :: Part of the problem since 1976 :: http://badcomputer.org ...the number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected... - Dennis Ritchie and Ken Thompson, June 1972 -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list
