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

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Message-ID: <fb2d7547-dd6e-4f6a-978f-b92ae2eb20cb@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2025 07:35:41 +0700
From: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@...il.com>
To: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao.osdev@...il.com>,
 Vegard Nossum <vegard.nossum@...cle.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
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 Yanteng Si <si.yanteng@...ux.dev>, Dongliang Mu <dzm91@...t.edu.cn>,
 Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
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 Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@...nel.org>, James Seo <james@...iv.tech>,
 Daniel Vetter <daniel.vetter@...ll.ch>
Subject: Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: typography refresh

On 6/25/25 05:59, Carlos Bilbao wrote:
> I'll be honest -- I was initially skeptical about the value of changing
> fonts. But I do see how the updated typography improves readability and
> feels friendlier overall. It follows modern web design trends like
> Wikipedia’s; but I do wonder if we’re trading off some of the "personality"
> of rough/challenging aura that fits kernel dev. Your new version feels a
> bit less hacky/unique. Anyway, font preferences are subjective, e.g., I've
> seen people run terminals with white backgrounds!
> 

I'm also leaning towards following web trends by this font tweak, though.

And yeah, when I first coded my HTML and CSS code in school, my peers 
would've like to use non-monospace fonts ({sans-}serif) in Windows 
Notepad without knowing that it was bad idea (as they didn't know that 
monospace was the norm).

> What I’m more concerned about is that if we merge this, someone else might
> want to tweak another part of the UX next week simply because it “looks
> better” to them. We've to draw a line on what kind of UX changes we’re open
> to. From my side:
> 
> Nacked-by: Carlos Bilbao <carlos.bilbao@...nel.org>
> 
> Still, I really appreciate the effort you put into this, and I agree that
> readability matters, especially for long docs like ours.
> 

Any suggestions without this tweak?

Thanks.

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