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face

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From: Cologne, Germany

Registered: 2008-08-17

Posts: 7

Re: Best application/desktop font

Verdana 16 (I use this in firefox for all sites)
Bitstream Vera Sans 13
Fixed 15 in terminal

Fixed is indeed very nice!

mrcold

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Registered: 2008-01-24

Posts: 150

Re: Best application/desktop font

I love the artwiz fonts and use them on my laptop, but on my desktop, with a  larger resolution they are just too small.. is there any thing i can to to be able to read them.. or is there any good substitute?

slackhack

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Registered: 2004-06-30

Posts: 738

Re: Best application/desktop font

bitstream/deja vu sans and mono. I can't read the artwiz's on my desktop lcd, either, or I'd probably use those a lot more.

freakcode

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From: São Paulo - Brazil

Registered: 2007-11-03

Posts: 410

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Re: Best application/desktop font

I like Myriad Pro, regular face for applications, and semibold for menus. But Myriad is copyrighted, so as a second opinion I would recommend both Liberation Sans and Liberation Mono which are very readable.

Themaister

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From: Trondheim, Norway

Registered: 2008-07-21

Posts: 652

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Re: Best application/desktop font

I use HandelGotD :'D Awesome font.

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Doc Angelo

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From: Germany

Registered: 2007-11-28

Posts: 52

Re: Best application/desktop font

I use Luxi Sans.

froli

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From: Germany

Registered: 2008-06-17

Posts: 455

Re: Best application/desktop font

I use Sagar.

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greenfuse

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Registered: 2008-02-14

Posts: 57

Re: Best application/desktop font

I like the nimbus fonts for document work

Barrucadu

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From: York, England

Registered: 2008-03-30

Posts: 1,158

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Application: Nimbus Sans L (10)
Document: Nimbus Sans L (8)
Desktop: Liberation Sans (10)
Window title: Snap (10)
Fixed width: Anorexia (8)

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lang2

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Registered: 2006-02-10

Posts: 386

Re: Best application/desktop font

Corbel 9

Hannd

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From: Tenerife - Spain

Registered: 2008-11-29

Posts: 12

Re: Best application/desktop font

Application: Droid Sans 8
Document: Droid Sans 8
Desktop: Droid Sans 8
Window title: Droid Sans Bold 8
Fixed: Droid Sans Mono 8

fluffylime

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From: Russia, Moscow

Registered: 2009-04-03

Posts: 47

Re: Best application/desktop font

Droid fonts is my choise, too.

Last edited by fluffylime (2009-11-28 12:37:13)

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Teoulas

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-03-21

Posts: 70

Re: Best application/desktop font

Lucida Sans 9 everywhere (identical to Lucida Grande, comes with Sun's java package). DejaVu Sans Mono in the terminal. Droid sans 9 and DejaVu Sans condensed 9 are also good choices.

thefatprecious

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From: Austin, TX

Registered: 2009-02-13

Posts: 98

Re: Best application/desktop font

I like Nimbus Sans L 10 for everything except for terminals|conky I use Terminus.

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kazuo

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From: São Paulo/Brazil

Registered: 2008-03-18

Posts: 413

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Scala Sans Pro

http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/fontfont/ff-scala-sans/

JackH79

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From: Australia

Registered: 2009-06-18

Posts: 663

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Envy Code R throughout. It's a mono font, but it's neither completely free nor completely finished yet).
http://damieng.com/blog/2008/05/26/envy … t-released

panosk

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From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2008-10-29

Posts: 241

Re: Best application/desktop font

Tahoma.

jocheem67

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Registered: 2009-11-09

Posts: 244

Re: Best application/desktop font

Zekton,throughout and monospace for terminal.

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show. … tent=50553

Gen2ly

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From: Sevierville, TN

Registered: 2009-03-06

Posts: 1,529

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Deja Vu Sans Condensed, but isn't recognized in KDE, so now I use Arial which looks good the the lcd-patches.

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Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: Best application/desktop font

Droid +1
Terminus for monospace +1

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dunc

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From: Glasgow, UK

Registered: 2007-06-18

Posts: 559

Re: Best application/desktop font

Application: Droid Sans 8
Document: Droid Sans 8
Desktop: Droid Sans 8
Window title: Droid Sans Bold 8
Fixed: Droid Sans Mono 8

That's what I use on my Aspire One (without looking, I think it might be 9pt rather than 8), but it doesn't look as good here on my main desktop, for some reason. Same patches. Must be down to the monitor, I suppose.

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cuervo

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Registered: 2008-04-29

Posts: 65

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Grandesign Neue Serif for everything
Freemono for everything else

chisiyuan

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Registered: 2009-10-18

Posts: 24

Re: Best application/desktop font

I use Droid Sans Fallback for English and Chinese texts.
Droid Sans Mono is a good choice in terminal.

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jasonwryan

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From: .nz

Registered: 2009-05-09

Posts: 30,426

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Inconsolata

Liberation a close second...

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Gigamo

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Registered: 2008-01-19

Posts: 394

Re: Best application/desktop font

Monaco for fixed width, UnDotum for applications.