• hperrin@lemmy.ca
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    6 days ago

    I legitimately hate it. Trash font. Hard to read and fucking ugly. It looks like it’s almost an OCR font.

    As much as I hate Google, I have to admit Roboto is a great font. Same with Microsoft and Segoe UI.

    But, there will never, ever, ever be a better font than Palatino. Adobe’s Garamond Pro (and most Garamond knockoffs) are close, but Palatino is just amazing in every way. Specifically, Palatino Linotype is the best Palatino version.

    That being said, Palatino doesn’t make a great display font. For that, I would much prefer Cantarell over that Nokia font.

    Also, Ubuntu fonts are S tier. I don’t care if you disagree.

    • noughtnaut@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      I don’t know you but I love you for that Palatino statement. I’ve used it since forever (ie. back when Macs were black and white) and just love the curves of the italic style. These days, on Linux, I use Tex Gyre Pagella for basically all my documents.

      For UI like menus and such, I’m quite nostalgic for the Chicago font - yes, pixelated and aliased and everything.

    • ParadoxSeahorse@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Personally, I always use Palatino in any reader view or book app, if possible. It massively reduces my brain strain; it’s a complete godsend!