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Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://infosec.exchange/@todb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>todb</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://orbital.horse/@emma" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>emma</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@mhoye" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>mhoye</span></a></span> I'm in the process to move from <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuMono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuMono</span></a> to <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/B612mono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B612mono</span></a>.</p><ul><li>Simply because <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/B612" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B612</span></a> is more permissively licensed than the <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/UbuntuFont" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UbuntuFont</span></a>|s!</li></ul><p>Also B612 is propably the best tested font that isn't paywalled because it's literally <em>"aviation-grade"</em> (<a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Airbus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Airbus</span></a> uses it for instruments and labels across their modern, in-production aircraft, so we can assume this thing was tested for legibility under harsh G loads and/or vibrations among other adverse conditions.)</p>
Kevin Karhan :verified:<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@nikclayton" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>nikclayton</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pouet.chapril.org/@LySioS" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>LySioS</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://alpaca.gold/@Jeremiah" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Jeremiah</span></a></span> makes sense...</p><p>Personally I prefer <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/B612Mono" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B612Mono</span></a>, but then again <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/LEXEND" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LEXEND</span></a> or <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/B612" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>B612</span></a> may be a more sensible default choice for many.</p><p><a href="https://infosec.space/tags/OpenDyslexic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>OpenDyslexic</span></a> is a very extreme example, <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/Atkinson" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Atkinson</span></a> tries to be more subtile...</p><p>There are also other fonts like <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/DIN1451" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DIN1451</span></a> <a href="https://eb.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">*</a> and <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/FE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FE</span></a><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FE-Schrift" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">-Schrift</a>, but they have way lesser glyphs (FE doesn't even cover <a href="https://infosec.space/tags/ASCII" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ASCII</span></a>)...</p>