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Typographic controls #342

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twm opened this issue Dec 30, 2018 · 4 comments
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Typographic controls #342

twm opened this issue Dec 30, 2018 · 4 comments
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twm commented Dec 30, 2018 •
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Allow user control over the display of body text. Ideally allow adjustment of:

  • Font family (serif vs. sans-serif, or allow selection of web fonts)
  • Contrast
  • Font size
  • Leading (line-height)

Consider bundling a variable font like:
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twm commented May 29, 2022 •
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For body text:

For monospace text:

Useful index of variable fonts here: https://v-fonts.com/licenses/open-source

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twm commented May 30, 2022

Font Style Purpose Verdict
Newsreader Serif Body 👍 opsz makes for nice headings
Source Serif Serif Body 👍 opsz makes for nice headings
League Mono Mono Code 👎 difficult to read
Inconsolata Mono Code 👍 wdth variable
Inter Sans Headings 🤷
iA Writer Quattro Sans Headings, body 🤷

All are licensed under the SIL OFL.

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twm commented Jun 27, 2022

#981 made Newsreader the body font.

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twm commented Jun 27, 2022

#989 introduces Inconsolata for monospace text.

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