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Message-ID: <3eee0b30-2e35-45f9-88e0-bafe23a79557@infradead.org>
Date:   Thu, 2 Nov 2023 09:02:56 -0700
From:   Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
To:     Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Documentation <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:     Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@...gle.com>,
        David Vernet <void@...ifault.com>,
        Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, James Seo <james@...iv.tech>,
        Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@....com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC RESEND 2/4] Docmentation: Use IBM Plex Sans for page
 body



On 11/2/23 05:32, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Adapted from "About the font" page on Google Fonts [1]:
> 
> ```
> Plex is an international typeface family developed by IBM, aimed to
> illustrate unique relationship between mankind and machine. The font
> is neutral, yet friendly Grosteque-style typeface that balances
> design with the engineered details. The font has excellent legibility
> in print, web, and mobile interfaces.
> ```
> 
> Use IBM Plex Sans font for both documentation content (excluding
> title and section headings) and sidebar.
> 

docs.kernel.org currently shows me content in a serif font, which I find
preferable for content body.

Does this force everyone to use a sans serif font for content body?
If so, I would not like that.

(reminds me of reading The Psychology of Computer Programming, which was
completely in sans serif, which made it difficult to read IMO)

> [1]: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans/about
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/conf.py                         |   4 ++
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Bold.woff2      | Bin 0 -> 55412 bytes
>  .../IBMPlexSans-BoldItalic.woff2              | Bin 0 -> 59112 bytes
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Italic.woff2    | Bin 0 -> 59468 bytes
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Regular.woff2   | Bin 0 -> 55380 bytes
>  Documentation/sphinx-static/fonts.css         |  68 ++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Bold.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-BoldItalic.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Italic.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Regular.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/fonts.css
> 

[snip]

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy

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