From: Christian Couder <christian.couder@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2020 08:40:28 GMT
Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Git Rev News edition 69
Message-ID: <CAP8UFD32sjT_nttQrxknr=4EYUQLMebg=KhdGmMJ7j+YUmTjwg@mail.gmail.com>
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On Sat, Nov 28, 2020 at 9:27 AM Felipe Contreras
<felipe.contreras@gmail.com> wrote:

> 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].

Thanks for the screenshots too. Yeah, it seems that the fonts you
suggest look better.

Best,
Christian.