Fonts: Difference between revisions

From miki
Jump to navigation Jump to search
 
(14 intermediate revisions by the same user not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
== References ==
* [https://github.com/qrpike/Web-Font-Load Install Google Fonts]
* [https://www.nerdfonts.com/ Nerd Fonts] — patches dev targeted fonts with a high number of glyphs.
* [https://www.codingfont.com/] — a tournament to pick your favorite fonts.

See also [[Bookmarks]].

== Administration ==
== Administration ==
=== Installing Fonts on Ubuntu ===
=== Installing Fonts on Ubuntu ===
Line 29: Line 36:
</source>
</source>
calibri.ttf: "Calibri" "Regular"
calibri.ttf: "Calibri" "Regular"

Use <code>ttfdump</code> to display content of a TTF/OTF font:
<source lang="bash">
ttfdump somefont.ttf
</source>

=== Viewing font ===
Use <code>display</code> (from ImageMagick):

<source lang="bash">
display somefont.ttf
</source>

To compare / browse fonts, use '''Font Manager''' (package {{deb|font-manager}}).

Other tools:
* ''Gnome Font Viewer'' ({{deb|gnome-font-viewer}}), but very slow / bad.
* ''FontyPython'' ({{deb|fontypython}}), but strange, not convenient.


== Nice Fonts ==
== Nice Fonts ==
* [http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ List of monospace fonts]
* [http://www.lowing.org/fonts/ List of monospace fonts]
* [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?]
* [http://www.slant.co/topics/67/~programming-fonts What are the best programming fonts?]
* https://www.brailleinstitute.org/freefont/ &mdash; Atkinson Hyperlegible font


=== Monospace ===
=== Monospace ===
; [https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans Fantasque Sans Mono]
* Seen in [https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox gruvbox screenshots].
; [https://carrois.com/projects/Fira/ Fira]
* Seen in [https://github.com/morhetz/gruvbox gruvbox screenshots].
; Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
; Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
:My previous favorite
:My previous favorite
Line 50: Line 80:


=== Serif ===
=== Serif ===
* [https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Roboto+Slab Roboto Slab]
:Nice Serif fonts, see [http://nolannicholson.com/looper.html this site]. [https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/roboto-slab Download].
:Best combined with [https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/roboto-2014 Roboto].
* [http://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-serif-pro/ Source Serif Pro]
* [http://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-serif-pro/ Source Serif Pro]


Line 55: Line 88:
* [http://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-sans-pro/ Source Sans Pro]
* [http://adobe-fonts.github.io/source-sans-pro/ Source Sans Pro]


== Font Rendering ==
=== Special ===
* [https://www.smashingmagazine.com/2012/04/a-closer-look-at-font-rendering/ A Closer Look At Font Rendering]
* [https://www.google.com/get/noto/ Noto], a font from Google containing '''all''' glyphs in Unicode. Quite big...

=== linefont / wavefont ===
[https://github.com/dy/linefont linefont] and [https://github.com/dy/wavefont wavefont] are too fonts that can render line charts or vertical bar data.

== Technical ==
See [[Typography]].

== Troubleshooting ==
=== MS Fonts not rendering correctly ===
This occurs for instance with font '''Calibri'''. At small size, normal character appears aliased, but ligatures are anti-aliased.


Solution is to disable use of ''embedded bitmaps'' [http://askubuntu.com/questions/594976/how-to-get-calibri-font-to-display-nicely]:
* Add to file {{file|~/.config/font-manager/local.conf}} (before Ubuntu 14.04, edit {{file|~/.fonts.conf}}. Some tips also suggest file {{file|~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf}}):
<source lang=xml>
<!-- disable embedded bitmaps in fonts to fix Calibri, Cambria, etc. -->
<match target="font">
<edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
</source>

* rebuild font cache:
<source lang=bash>
sudo fc-cache -v -f
</source>
* Restart compiz:
<source lang=bash>
compiz --replace&
</source>

Latest revision as of 05:47, 18 September 2024

References

See also Bookmarks.

Administration

Installing Fonts on Ubuntu

  • References

Fonts are kept in different locations, as defined in /etc/fonts/fonts.conf. By default these are:

  • /usr/share/fonts
  • /usr/local/share/fonts
  • /home/username/.fonts

To install a new font, copy the font to the relevant directory (or a sub-directory), and update the cache with 

sudo fc-cache -f -v

Alternatively the cache is immediately refreshed after reboot.

For instance to install Arial Unicode MS (ARIALUNI.TTF, can be found on Windows XP for instance): 

sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows
sudo cp ARIALUNI.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows
sudo chmod 644 /usr/share/fonts/truetype/windows/*
sudo fc-cache -f -v

Querying font

fc-match matches available fonts: 

fc-match calibri

calibri.ttf: "Calibri" "Regular"

Use ttfdump to display content of a TTF/OTF font: 

ttfdump somefont.ttf

Viewing font

Use display (from ImageMagick): 

display somefont.ttf

To compare / browse fonts, use Font Manager (package font-manager).

Other tools:

  • Gnome Font Viewer (gnome-font-viewer), but very slow / bad.
  • FontyPython (fontypython), but strange, not convenient.

Nice Fonts

Monospace

Fantasque Sans Mono
Fira
Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
My previous favorite
Consolas
DejaVu Sans Mono
Based on BitStream Vera (almost identical), but with better Unicode support.
Inconsolata
Looks nice but fonts are really small at size 9
Lucida Console
My current favorite for terminal, got from MacBuntu 10.04 theme
Monospace
Same as Bitstream Vera Sans Mono
Source Code Pro
Ubuntu Mono

Serif

Nice Serif fonts, see this site. Download.
Best combined with Roboto.

Sans

Special

  • Noto, a font from Google containing all glyphs in Unicode. Quite big...

linefont / wavefont

linefont and wavefont are too fonts that can render line charts or vertical bar data.

Technical

See Typography.

Troubleshooting

MS Fonts not rendering correctly

This occurs for instance with font Calibri. At small size, normal character appears aliased, but ligatures are anti-aliased.


Solution is to disable use of embedded bitmaps [2]:

  • Add to file ~/.config/font-manager/local.conf (before Ubuntu 14.04, edit ~/.fonts.conf. Some tips also suggest file ~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.conf):
<!-- disable embedded bitmaps in fonts to fix Calibri, Cambria, etc. -->
<match target="font">
        <edit mode="assign" name="embeddedbitmap"><bool>false</bool></edit>
</match>
  • rebuild font cache:
sudo fc-cache -v -f
  • Restart compiz:
compiz --replace&
Retrieved from "https://miki.immie.org/mediawiki/index.php?title=Fonts&oldid=17733"