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

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Date: Sun, 22 Jun 2025 14:19:35 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>,
	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 Thu, Jun 19, 2025 at 12:12:38AM -0700, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> Hi Bagas,
> 
> On 6/18/25 9:23 PM, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> > The reason why serif fonts is used for headings in complement to sans
> > serif in text body is to break up visual monotony of docs page by
> > creating contrast between headings (as entry point to docs information)
> > and text body, which is important considering that kernel docs are
> > quite lengthy with many sections.
> 
> It's interesting that mediawiki chose to split the serif and sans serif
> usage this way. Newspapers essentially do the opposite: use sans serif
> for headlines (mostly, not consistently) and use serif for body text.

IMO I found that sans-serif is more pleasant to eye (i.e. lesser strain)
than Times New Roman on screen. My htmldocs build now uses Google Sans
Display and Roboto Mono, though (as web fonts).

> 
> 
> Have you read "The Psychology of Computer Programming"?
> [https://geraldmweinberg.com/Site/Programming_Psychology.html]
> The content is very good but (at least in early editions) it was printed
> completely using a sans serif font (probably Helvetica). It's not a
> long book and I found the subject very interesting, but it took me
> forever to read it because it's (or was, don't know about the later
> editions) in sans serif typeface. I hated that part of it.

I didn't read it, unfortunately, due to financial constraints.
(Oh, and in Indonesia where I live people usually shop things online
at Shopee, Tokopedia, and Lazada [my go-to marketplace] instead
of Amazon.)

> 
> So I applied this patch and tested it. It works as far as I can tell.
> I got tons of sans serif font text instead of serif font text that I
> don't care for. (I don't mind that the sidebar text is sans serif.)

I keep the headings on sidebar in sans-serif. Also, the body text is
darkened (but not completely black) to give contrast between docs
body and sidebar.

Thanks.

-- 
An old man doll... just what I always wanted! - Clara

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