Re: [PATCH RFC] Documentation: typography refresh

[Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@gmail.com>]

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@kernel.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