A Quick Look into Microsoft’s New Default Font
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    I agree wholeheartedly, it's readable, but oh so ugly and brutalistic :P

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Why is that :D ?

    Not that I disagree with you, as it's also my favorite, but just wanting to hear your reasons :)

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  • A Quick Look into Microsoft’s New Default Font
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Haha big brain time :P

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    You're not wrong about compactness, that's a really good point!

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  • A Quick Look into Microsoft’s New Default Font
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Thank you ! I'm a bit overwhelmed by the positive resonance so far, so now I'm wondering what to write after that will give me the same high haha :)

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  • A Quick Look into Microsoft’s New Default Font
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    OK, debate solved, serifs -> stroke terminals

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Why? I'm not getting the joke :D

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Now that you say that, I liked Aptos' G, but now I dislike it because it'll likely make things harder for people with poor eyesight.

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    I liked arial

    OK, you're the only person who has managed to make me angry hehe :)

    Someone actually likes Arial ??!!

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Thank you so much, this sort of feedback warms my heart, it really does !

    Feel free to stick around via the Mailinglist or the Fediverse (Y), links are in #whoami !

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    What are the “display” variants of the new fonts in that article? They're called that, at least on Office 365: Aptos Display, Grandview Display, etc.

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  • Nueva comunidad de filosofía crítica!
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Genial ! Ya mismo ⚡!

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    but Aptos does look like an improvement

    I think so too! Did you click through the Lorem Ipsum examples? Aptos is much easier on the eyes even in dense paragraphs.

    I particularly like the serif added to the lowercase L

    For the record, my calling those serifs has been a point of contention. To me Aptos feels like a semi-serif, not a sans-serif, although it's officially one! However, it's been suggested to me that I should do away with the serif terminology and call them simply stroke terminals!

    Still mulling over this.

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  • https://jdsalaro.com/note/comparison-new-microsoft-default-font-calibri-aptos/

    Hey Folks! We've been playing and discussing Calibri, Aptos ( Bierstadt ), Grandview, Seaford, Tenorite and Skeena over on Tildes and I figured you folks would enjoy clicking around and seeing what the differences between them actually are. I wrote the article, so let me know if there's something you'd like to see as well :D Cheers !

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    A Comparison of my Favorite Fonts for Reading and Writing Code
  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Spoiler alert: you're the second person to suggest Iosevka, so I just added it to the comparison 🤠👍🏼

    I must say I don't love it's narrowness, but it's really well made !

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    May I ask why? I'm not loving ligatures :[

    I gave Julia's and Fira's ligatures a try but no dice, it feels so super counterintuitive 😬

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    My pleasure! I'm a big sucker for ergonomics, so you're welcome to subscribe to follow along :D

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 0%

    it’s too damn narrow

    Yeah, as mentioned in the OP, I really like Ubuntu Mono but its narrowness is really hard on my eyes. I was having a convo on Mastodon with some folks though who mentioned they really enjoy them, so to each their own :)

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  • jdsalaro jdsalaro 1y ago 100%

    Thanks a bunch! Yeah, that sounds about right, but also Julia and since some folks on Mastodon [1] told me also 0xProto 😂! Welcome to the rabbit hole!

    [1] https://mastodon.social/@jdsalaro/110632707789750123

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