Nathan DunnApr 17, 2023

Niche Nate: I am fascinated by (and often easily annoyed by) #fonts

- For digital, I prefer sans-serif fonts (serif is OK on printed materials)

- Even with sans-serif fonts, I prefer a "serif I" — I keep a document of "serif I" fonts I come across (screenshot)

- I am constantly taking notes — #ObsidianMD — both personal & professional, both for myself & for others, and I want them to be easily legible. I don't like confusion between a "capital I," a "lowercase l," and a "number 1" 😑

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I also prefer fonts with a *complete* character set — so when I type something like ö or ø or æ, don't throw in some substitute font (or worse, the ⍰ because the font creator didn't address all symbols/characters).
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IBM Plex Sans is a "surprisingly" good font (for a company brand font). My primary complaint here is the lowercase "g" — I prefer the simple style with the downstroke to the left, not the "doubled-loop" lowercase "g"

https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans?query=ibm

IBM Plex Sans - Google Fonts

IBM Plex™ is an international typeface family designed by Mike Abbink, IBM BX&D, in collaboration with Bold Monday, an independent Dutch type foundry. Plex was

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Show threadNathan DunnApr 17, 2023

Noto Sans is another good, thorough font family. I often come back to this one after "tiring" of Readex Pro. I'd prefer not to have the capital J that drops below the line, and I prefer the roundedness of Readex.

https://fonts.google.com/noto

Noto Home - Google Fonts

Noto is a collection of high-quality fonts in more than 1,000 languages and over 150 writing systems.

Google Fonts