Capital i is same as non-capital L… So a horrible font for me.
The Inter typeface is very versatile and has many different options and variants, including more distinguishable uppercase i and lowercase L. The article just installed the base version as an example. https://rsms.me/inter/
Oh thanks! This is very helpful. Next thing to figure out is how to set those options as default. Found this gem after a bit of googling.
Yeah that’s really frustrating
Why do they do this?
Do what? Nothing has even been done yet, they’re just discussing the possibility of changing the font…
I mean making a font whete the l and I are the same
Fair, they’re pretty common but most fonts support OpenType variations which let you change parts of the fonts to other variants. Having a variant with distinct l’s and I’s is pretty common and Inter supports this.
but thats counter intuitive, why not stick to a clear fonts? im not gonna judge ones choices but i just dont understand it is all.
I agree, I wish fonts just defaulted to distinguishing between them
time for a mass boycott of bad fonts!!
Like most modern fonts, it supports a lot of OpenType features, so this can be changed dynamically. Changing some settings by default has already been mentioned in the discussion around the change.
I guess they’re copying mainstream OSes (at least Android) with this one
IIRC this issue is mentioned in the gitlab discussions (from months ago … not sure how this became news suddenly); they’re looking to patch Inter if they decide to use it as the UI font.
Generally it renders much better but that’s a turn off for me as well.
I’m normally not someone who gets hung up on fonts but this one thing bugs me SO MUCH.
TL;DR they switch to “Inter”
Not even that: merely looking to switch to Inter.
True. A system font needs to be REALLY good.
The article isn’t great as it fails to mention that Gnome is considering a variation of Inter and not the default and therefore the article uses the wrong font in the screenshot. It addresses some of the concerns people have mentioned, like the capital I and lower l being the same
Isn’t Noto Sans just better, with lots of typography support for other languages? What’s the issue then?
I believe Noto is a much more robust typeface, with several more language options than Cantarell. Still, I do prefer Inter to both of those.
If the Gnome team don’t like this new Inter font, will they return to “Déjà Vu”?
Please don’t hate me but I use Segoe UI
hates you
Oh… so I better not tell you that I also use windows folder icons because gnomes blue folders make no fucking sense
Whenever I read something on the lines of X`s new Y, I think of Curt’s new hat.
That’s the photo where he took a selfie with the hat, in front of the billboard which is a photo of him with the new hat, Yea?
That’s the one :)
Cantarell has served us well, but we’ve been wondering if it would be more beneficial to default to a more modern and well-maintained typeface
Eh. I don’t feel Cantarell “dated” or “not modern”. I don’t even use GNOME anymore but I reckon Cantarell is actually a great font, it’s legible and has character. It’s almost like you can tell it’s about GNOME when you see Cantarell somewhere. If I were them I’d invest into giving it more weights (I’d really like it if it had a lighter version), variations and extending it. They have the power and resources to do so.
imho they’re trying to solve a problem that doesn’t even exist. Inter’s default is a poor choice, as some of you have already noted here.
honestly I don’t see why they put effort into making a new font. there are plenty of freely available ones that are good enough
They don’t. They’re thinking of switching to another font.
inter already exists
