Out of the three fonts you mentioned that you liked (Palatino Linotype, Roboto, Cantarell), only Palatino Linotype has a true visual difference between a capital i, a lowercase L, and the number one. However, the differences between a lowercase L and the number 1 we’re not significant enough for me (example: hello and he11o looked similar enough to be confused as the same when seen on their own). Other than that, I really liked the font.
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hperrin@lemmy.ca 4 days ago
I legitimately hate it. Trash font. Hard to read and fucking ugly. It looks like it’s almost an OCR font.
As much as I hate Google, I have to admit Roboto is a great font. Same with Microsoft and Segoe UI.
But, there will never, ever, ever be a better font than Palatino. Adobe’s Garamond Pro (and most Garamond knockoffs) are close, but Palatino is just amazing in every way. Specifically, Palatino Linotype is the best Palatino version.
That being said, Palatino doesn’t make a great display font. For that, I would much prefer Cantarell over that Nokia font.
Also, Ubuntu fonts are S tier. I don’t care if you disagree.
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hperrin@lemmy.ca 3 days ago
01189998819991197253@infosec.pub 3 days ago
I didn’t understand what ‘S tier’ meant, so I didn’t want to assume you liked it, but I actually use Ubuntu as my standard font. Looking for a new one, though, just to change things up.
captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 3 days ago
So, tier lists.
There’s been something of a fad in the last few years of organizing things into tier lists. As far as I can tell it comes from the gaming community, ranking player characters or items or weapons or whatever. The tiers follow the letter grading scale I think most of the English speaking world will have some understanding of; A through F without E with F being a failing grade. Apparently because Japan, an S tier for Superior is added above A.
A fun implementation of this is TierZoo. One of those Youtubers who is also on Nebula, his whole gimmick is he does educational videos (and lifeforms in general) in a very video game discussion style. As if he’s a veteran player of an MMORPG called “Outside” in which every organism is a player character. If you want to get a good grip on the tier list phenomenon he provides many examples.
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hperrin@lemmy.ca 2 days ago
Oh, I forgot about Cormorant! Yes, I absolutely love that font. I did my wedding invitations entirely in Cormorant and Cormorant Sans for the titles. Thanks for reminding me, and letting me know about the others! Font nerds unite!
noughtnaut@lemmy.world 2 days ago
I don’t know you but I love you for that Palatino statement. I’ve used it since forever (ie. back when Macs were black and white) and just love the curves of the italic style. These days, on Linux, I use Tex Gyre Pagella for basically all my documents.
For UI like menus and such, I’m quite nostalgic for the Chicago font - yes, pixelated and aliased and everything.
Lemminary@lemmy.world 4 days ago
Definitely agree. Also, Myriad Pro will always have a place in my heart.
ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world 2 days ago
Personally, I always use Palatino in any reader view or book app, if possible. It massively reduces my brain strain; it’s a complete godsend!
UnityDevice@lemmy.zip 3 days ago
Cantarell is indeed nice. Gnome switched to Inter recently, but I could only stomach it for a few minutes before switching back to ol’ Cant.
coolmojo@lemmy.world 3 days ago
I prefer the SF and IBM Plex fonts for desktop.
pastermil@sh.itjust.works 4 days ago
I don’t hate it like you do, but I do agree with one thing: Roboto is a great font!