Re: [PATCH RFC RESEND 2/4] Docmentation: Use IBM Plex Sans for page body

[Randy Dunlap]

On 11/2/23 05:32, Bagas Sanjaya wrote:
> Adapted from "About the font" page on Google Fonts [1]:
> 
> ```
> Plex is an international typeface family developed by IBM, aimed to
> illustrate unique relationship between mankind and machine. The font
> is neutral, yet friendly Grosteque-style typeface that balances
> design with the engineered details. The font has excellent legibility
> in print, web, and mobile interfaces.
> ```
> 
> Use IBM Plex Sans font for both documentation content (excluding
> title and section headings) and sidebar.
> 

docs.kernel.org currently shows me content in a serif font, which I find
preferable for content body.

Does this force everyone to use a sans serif font for content body?
If so, I would not like that.

(reminds me of reading The Psychology of Computer Programming, which was
completely in sans serif, which made it difficult to read IMO)

> [1]: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/IBM+Plex+Sans/about
> 
> Signed-off-by: Bagas Sanjaya <bagasdotme@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Documentation/conf.py                         |   4 ++
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Bold.woff2      | Bin 0 -> 55412 bytes
>  .../IBMPlexSans-BoldItalic.woff2              | Bin 0 -> 59112 bytes
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Italic.woff2    | Bin 0 -> 59468 bytes
>  .../sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Regular.woff2   | Bin 0 -> 55380 bytes
>  Documentation/sphinx-static/fonts.css         |  68 ++++++++++++++++++
>  6 files changed, 72 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Bold.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-BoldItalic.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Italic.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/IBMPlexSans-Regular.woff2
>  create mode 100644 Documentation/sphinx-static/fonts.css
> 

[snip]

Thanks.
-- 
~Randy