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Re^2: My preference on serifs:

by Tux (Canon)
on Apr 29, 2008 at 14:04 UTC ( [id://683473]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: My preference on serifs:
in thread My preference on serifs:

Liberation font family comes with Liberation Mono, which has very distinguishable 1, l, and I. It also has a little more line space than Lucida Console, so it reads with more air.

For matching document text, there is Liberation Sans. The only problem I have with that is that there is still some strange kerning issues, but at least it is freely available for both *nix and M$Winblows, so all documents look the same. And it reads perfect for headings as well as for long running text. I now also use it for all fonts in my browser (yes, "serif" is mapped to "Liberation Sans")

With these fonts, I see no excuse left to stick to any serif font, except maybe for the occasional header in some glossy advertisement nobody wants to read anyway.


Enjoy, Have FUN! H.Merijn

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Re^3: My preference on serifs:
by samizdat (Vicar) on May 01, 2008 at 13:56 UTC
    Ummm... well, it's certainly usable. Certainly the license is better than a proprietary license. My editor (ScITE) boldfaces a number of keywords, and those look (let's be charitable) amateurish.

    Fortunately, since it's "open source," there's an opening for somebody to create "ReallyLiberating" as an update to "Liberation"... :D

    Don Wilde
    "There's more than one level to any answer."

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