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Ask HN: What fonts do you use most often and why?
I’ve found myself leaning towards Bodoni recently, as a number of brands have adopted it for their logo and it does look pretty appealing, but curious as to what others have been using.
Given how important font is, I’m hoping to find some gems in responses that everyone can benefit from.
- tapanjk 8y agoI use DejaVu Sans Mono because it brings me joy, and is freely available. This applies whether I am on my work computer (MacBook Pro), or one of my personal computers running some Linux distro. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts#Sans_Mono https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DejaVu_fonts#Sans_Mono
- howard941 8y agoHack and Lucida Sans Typewriter. Hack's been featured on HN.
- mortivore 8y agoArial or Calibri are my goto fonts. I like things to be clear and easy to read.
- fuball63 8y agoI really like Verdana, Palatino Linotype as far as "default fonts" go. My website uses Cabin for content and Armata for the logo; these are on Google fonts. https://bigcgi.com https://bigcgi.com
- soulchild37 8y agoProxima Nova, it looks good and affordable ($5 a month on Adobe Fonts)
- 0xBE5A 8y agoFira Code[1] because I really enjoy its aesthetic (especially the ligatures). For general purposes, I like Open Sans[2]. [1] https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode [2] https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Open+Sans