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GNOME 47's New Font(www.omgubuntu.co.uk)

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unknowing8343@discuss.tchncs.de
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Capital i is same as non-capital L… So a horrible font for me.

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Maxx@lemmy.ca
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The Inter typeface is very versatile and has many different options and variants, including more distinguishable uppercase i and lowercase L. The article just installed the base version as an example. https://rsms.me/inter/

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moontorchy@lemmy.world
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Oh thanks! This is very helpful. Next thing to figure out is how to set those options as default. Found this gem after a bit of googling.

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KryptonBlur@slrpnk.net
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Yeah that’s really frustrating

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slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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Why do they do this?

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priapus@sh.itjust.works
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Do what? Nothing has even been done yet, they’re just discussing the possibility of changing the font…

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slacktoid@lemmy.ml
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I mean making a font whete the l and I are the same

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priapus@sh.itjust.works
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Like most modern fonts, it supports a lot of OpenType features, so this can be changed dynamically. Changing some settings by default has already been mentioned in the discussion around the change.

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GolfNovemberUniform@lemmy.ml
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I guess they’re copying mainstream OSes (at least Android) with this one

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wvstolzing@lemmy.ml
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IIRC this issue is mentioned in the gitlab discussions (from months ago … not sure how this became news suddenly); they’re looking to patch Inter if they decide to use it as the UI font.

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HouseWolf@lemm.ee
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I’m normally not someone who gets hung up on fonts but this one thing bugs me SO MUCH.

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muhyb@programming.dev
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Generally it renders much better but that’s a turn off for me as well.

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