linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: typography refresh

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Message-ID: <75f99fce-affa-4acc-afeb-2a9f70a6d907@oracle.com>
Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 10:58:08 +0200
From: Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.com>
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>,
        Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab@...nel.org>,
        Federico Vaga <federico.vaga@...a.pv.it>,
        Akira Yokosawa <akiyks@...il.com>,
        Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@...nel.org>,
        Avadhut Naik
 <avadhut.naik@....com>, Alex Shi <alexs@...nel.org>,
        Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@...ux.dev>, Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        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>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: typography refresh


On 19/06/2025 06:23, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> At present, kernel documentation uses system serif font for body text.
> Some people, however, objected to it and instead prefer that the
> typography choice must be legible, consistent, and accessible (after
> all, the audience ranges developers peeking into kernel internals to
> ordinary users that skimmed through Documentation/admin-guide/).
> 
> To tackle the problem, follow Wikimedia's typography refresh [1].
> For the font choices, instead of using web fonts as in previous
> attempt [2], use:
> 
>    * Linux Libertine, Georgia, Times for serif (used in h1 and h2
>      headings)
>    * system font for sans-serif and monospace
> 
> This allows for more readability and consistency without sacrificing
> page load times and bandwidth, as the font choices is most likely
> already available on many platforms.

Hi,

Could you share (links to) screenshots of the new look?

I know external links are ephemeral by nature and we prefer to have
stuff archived, but I think it would really help everybody to be able to
see what you see after applying the patches without having to build it
ourselves.

Thanks.


Vegard