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MercuryWorkshop / anuraOS

A web "OS" and development environment with full linux emulation
https://anura.pro
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Use Roboto Flex instead of Roboto for the primary UI font #175

Closed BomberFish closed 4 months ago

BomberFish commented 4 months ago

The UI would definitely benefit from optical sizing, making smaller text more legible.

Roboto (old font): Screenshot_20240415_080954 Screenshot_20240415_085109 Screenshot_20240415_085034

Roboto Flex (proposed): Screenshot_20240415_080957 Screenshot_20240415_085113 Screenshot_20240415_085038

ProgrammerIn-wonderland commented 4 months ago

I personally don't see much difference

OtterCodes101 commented 4 months ago

both look almost completely the same

BomberFish commented 4 months ago

Look at the examples with smaller text, the font is sorta less tall there

ading2210 commented 4 months ago

We should use whichever font Chrome OS uses for this.

BomberFish commented 4 months ago

I know they use this in newer versions of Android (at least the Google flavor), so they probably use it in CrOS as well

MadjikDotPng commented 4 months ago

I like this change, I feel like small imrpovements add up.

rifting commented 4 months ago

Sorry, we have to keep the old font as koaku commented

BomberFish commented 4 months ago

Here's a new comparison for larger sizes

Roboto Screenshot_20240426_115617

Roboto Flex Screenshot_20240426_115619

BomberFish commented 4 months ago

It's pretty likely that 107 uses Flex as the main UI font. Check out this comparison:

CrOS 107 Screenshot_20240502_093918

Anura with Roboto Flex font Screenshot_20240502_093924

Anura with Roboto image

OtterCodes101 commented 4 months ago

ngl the normal roboto font looks closer to the CrOS 107 photo