[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]
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
Powered by blists - more mailing lists