Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git Rev News edition 69

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Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>

Date

Nov 28, 2020, 08:40 UTC

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> A nit-pick that has bothered me for years...
>
> The font seems to be the same as git-scm.com, which is horrendous [1]
> in Linux.

I agree that the fonts haven't looked great to me either.

> After investigating all the different fonts specified in the list
> (present in macOS and Windows), I sent a fix [2] to pick similar fonts
> for Linux.

Thanks for your pull request! I hope we can merge it soon.

> The best one is Roboto Slab [3], which looks very similar
> to Adelle, and it's free. Alternatively, DejaVu Serif [4] is a good
> second option present in many (most?) Linux systems, plus it's how it
> looks on Windows with Georgia. And lastly, plain old (but not 90s old)
> sans-serif [5].