From 34cd06be7adfb661a60f64c9c121149f46eb6e43 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Michael Stapelberg Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2014 22:25:59 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] =?UTF-8?q?default=20config:=20switch=20to=20=E2=80=9CDeja?= =?UTF-8?q?Vu=20Sans=20Mono=208=E2=80=9D=20as=20default=20font?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit As mentioned in the comment, this change is motivated by better support for unicode, right-to-left rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi setups. --- i3.config | 15 +++++++++------ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/i3.config b/i3.config index de7e1fec..f0e8c49e 100644 --- a/i3.config +++ b/i3.config @@ -10,13 +10,16 @@ # # Font for window titles. Will also be used by the bar unless a different font -# is used in the bar {} block below. ISO 10646 = Unicode -font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 +# is used in the bar {} block below. +# This font is widely installed, provides lots of unicode glyphs, right-to-left +# text rendering and scalability on retina/hidpi displays (thanks to pango). +font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 8 +# Before i3 v4.8, we used to recommend this one as the default: +# font -misc-fixed-medium-r-normal--13-120-75-75-C-70-iso10646-1 # The font above is very space-efficient, that is, it looks good, sharp and -# clear in small sizes. However, if you need a lot of unicode glyphs or -# right-to-left text rendering, you should instead use pango for rendering and -# chose a FreeType font, such as: -# font pango:DejaVu Sans Mono 10 +# clear in small sizes. However, its unicode glyph coverage is limited, the old +# X core fonts rendering does not support right-to-left and this being a bitmap +# font, it doesn’t scale on retina/hidpi displays. # use Mouse+Mod1 to drag floating windows to their wanted position floating_modifier Mod1