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Add Adwaita fonts for Gnome 48 support

Open pixelgeek opened this issue 9 months ago • 2 comments

Official package name: adwaita-fonts

License (must be an OSI approved Open Source license): OFL - SIL Open Font License, Version 1.1

Download URL of latest release: https://download.gnome.org/sources/adwaita-fonts/48/adwaita-fonts-48.2.tar.xz

Latest release date (must be recent): 4 weeks ago

Description:

GNOME 48 changes the default fonts to Adwaita.
Clear Linux does not include these fonts, leading to e.g. messed up spacing in the default terminal.
Including these fonts would address https://github.com/clearlinux/distribution/issues/3292

From GNOME 48 release notes "GNOME has a new interface font in version 48, as well as a new monospace font. Named Adwaita Sans and Adwaita Mono, these new fonts look fantastic, and also have many practical advantages over the previous fonts, with better rendering, more extensive character coverage, and support for a range of modern font features.

Adwaita Sans is a customized version of the popular Inter typeface by Rasmus Andersson, and provides polished and versatile typography, optimized for high-density displays. Adwaita Mono is a custom build of the Iosevka typeface family. It is well-suited for terminal use and plain text editing, with excellent readability and incredibly extensive language coverage.

These new fonts improve visual harmony in GNOME while maintaining accessibility and aesthetic balance. We would like to take this opportunity to thank the creators of these two fantastic openly licensed typefaces, and encourage our users to support their work."

https://blogs.gnome.org/monster/introducing-adwaita-fonts/

pixelgeek avatar Apr 11 '25 01:04 pixelgeek

Arjan added it in https://github.com/clearlinux/clr-bundles/commit/deecb5cc4750067b91ff1eb5eeb8b83e68ab061c (link will be active once it's released).

bwarden avatar Apr 11 '25 15:04 bwarden

Terminal looks good again (be sure to exit all prior instances) in 43270.

bwarden avatar Apr 15 '25 20:04 bwarden