Use Inter as the default UI font#6051
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This PR switches the default UI font to Inter across the base install and fontconfig, and adds a migration to update existing user fontconfig setups.
Changes:
- Add a migration script to install Inter and rewrite existing
~/.config/fontconfig/fonts.confreferences from Liberation Sans to Inter - Add
inter-fontto the base package list - Update the shipped fontconfig
fonts.confdefaults to use Inter
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| File | Description |
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| migrations/1780739891.sh | Adds upgrade-time steps to install Inter and update an existing user fontconfig file. |
| install/omarchy-base.packages | Ensures Inter font is included in the default installed packages. |
| config/fontconfig/fonts.conf | Updates the default fontconfig configuration to prefer Inter. |
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Summary
Install
inter-fontand prefer Inter for Omarchy's sans/system UI fontconfig defaults, keeping Liberation Sans as the fallback.This updates
sans-serif,system-ui,-apple-system, andBlinkMacSystemFontto prefer Inter first.Why
Inter is designed for user interfaces and is a better default UI font for the desktop. This only changes proportional UI/sans defaults; terminal monospace fonts remain unchanged.
The migration installs
inter-fontand inserts Inter before existingLiberation Sansentries in the user's fontconfig file, leaving the fallback intact.Testing
xmlstarlet val config/fontconfig/fonts.confbash -n migrations/1780739891.shgit diff --check