Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: typography refresh

From: Bagas Sanjaya
Date: Tue Jun 24 2025 - 20:36:00 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxx>

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