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brainwasher

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From: Lucca (Italy)

Registered: 2007-01-04

Posts: 81

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Best application/desktop font

What is the best font for you ??

Last edited by brainwasher (2008-08-19 22:18:38)

chimpyw

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Registered: 2007-02-14

Posts: 21

Re: Best application/desktop font

Dejavu Sans 6 works a treat!  Along with Dina for consoles and the likes.

voteforpedro36

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Registered: 2008-08-06

Posts: 99

Re: Best application/desktop font

Tahoma Bold for window titles, although DejaVu is good too.

Gullible Jones

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Registered: 2004-12-29

Posts: 4,863

Re: Best application/desktop font

Dejavu Sans.

Allan

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From: Brisbane, AU

Registered: 2007-06-09

Posts: 11,487

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Re: Best application/desktop font

I'm using Bitstream Vera Sans.

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iBertus

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From: Greenville, NC

Registered: 2004-11-04

Posts: 2,228

Re: Best application/desktop font

Verdana 8

peart

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From: Kanuckistan

Registered: 2003-07-28

Posts: 510

Re: Best application/desktop font

Verdana 8

+1

dr.cranium

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Registered: 2008-01-25

Posts: 65

Re: Best application/desktop font

I personally like Lucida Grande or the Artwiz Fonts.  Mint Mild and Mint Strong are cool.

fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Best application/desktop font

Verdana 8 if I want something aliased, but these days I don't so I use Glisp from artwiz fonts.

chimeric

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From: Munich, Germany

Registered: 2007-10-07

Posts: 254

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Re: Best application/desktop font

I like the Liberation fonts, using Liberation Sans as my Desktop font. And they allowed me to get rid of the MS fonts because they also play nice with firefox and websites etc.

Hohoho

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Registered: 2007-06-23

Posts: 222

Re: Best application/desktop font

Tahoma 8

sevenfourk

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Registered: 2008-02-21

Posts: 185

Re: Best application/desktop font

For console Terminus, if TTF - Dejavu Sans.

Last edited by sevenfourk (2008-08-20 11:23:22)

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Stythys

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From: SF Bay Area

Registered: 2008-05-18

Posts: 878

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Re: Best application/desktop font

big fan of FreqMod Dear Book

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show. … tent=39223

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dunc

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From: Glasgow, UK

Registered: 2007-06-18

Posts: 559

Re: Best application/desktop font

Lucida Grande's nice, but I'm currently using Aurulent Sans. It's similar, but with a bit more "character".

Can't beat Vera/Deja Vu Sans Mono, though. I keep trying alternatives and always come back to it.

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Full_Metal_Yakuza

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From: Serbia

Registered: 2008-08-21

Posts: 12

Re: Best application/desktop font

Verdana 9
Terminus for console
I also noticed that some web pages look much better with MS fonts

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thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Arial 9 or 10 for GUI (antialiased and autohinted)
Terminus 8 for console stuff, though my eyes are starting to fail me so I think it's only a matter of time before I bump up the size or switch fonts altogether.

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fwojciec

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Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,411

Re: Best application/desktop font

Terminus 8 for console stuff, though my eyes are starting to fail me so I think it's only a matter of time before I bump up the size or switch fonts altogether.

My suggestion -- try dina-font.  Slightly larger than Terminus, neutral/clean looking, very readable, comes in 3 different sizes, and the smallest version does bold without any issues, unlike Terminus.

grndrush

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From: Hamilton, Ontario, Canada

Registered: 2003-12-28

Posts: 136

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Deja Vu Sans!

And +1  RE fwojciec's comments on Terminus. It didn't last long here.

M177ER

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Registered: 2008-06-15

Posts: 148

Re: Best application/desktop font

I like the Liberation fonts, using Liberation Sans as my Desktop font. And they allowed me to get rid of the MS fonts because they also play nice with firefox and websites etc.

+1
Liberation throughout.

Last edited by M177ER (2008-08-21 22:20:08)

Square

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Registered: 2008-06-11

Posts: 435

Re: Best application/desktop font

In a terminal, I use Proggy Clean. Else, I love glisp (artwiz).

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Procyon

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Registered: 2008-05-07

Posts: 1,819

Re: Best application/desktop font

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

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badger

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From: Melb

Registered: 2004-07-21

Posts: 76

Re: Best application/desktop font

I choose boring ones for desktop/apps but for fixed width I recommend Dina, and, lately, Envy Code R as a non-bitmapped font.

thayer

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From: Vancouver, BC

Registered: 2007-05-20

Posts: 1,560

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Re: Best application/desktop font

My suggestion -- try dina-font.  Slightly larger than Terminus, neutral/clean looking, very readable, comes in 3 different sizes, and the smallest version does bold without any issues, unlike Terminus.

Great tip, thanks!  I was really surprised to have never heard of this one, considering the amount of researching and testing I did a few months back with various bitmap fonts. At any rate, I'll give this a try for a while at 13px and see how it feels after a week or so.

Last edited by thayer (2008-08-25 16:01:04)

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zyghom

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From: Poland/currently Africa

Registered: 2006-05-11

Posts: 432

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Re: Best application/desktop font

Tahoma 8

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Army

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Registered: 2007-12-07

Posts: 1,784

Re: Best application/desktop font

Cool thread! I use Liberation everywhere, but maybe I'll try some of those mentioned here. But remember, maybe even more important is a good fonts.conf!!!