Switch to a system font stack?
pradyunsg opened this issue · 6 comments
xref: pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme#247
Would a PR switching this theme to system fonts as per https://systemfontstack.com, be acceptable?
No. That PR changes this theme to use font-family: Arial, sans-serif to work around a Chrome bug.
This one is suggesting we change to something like: font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, avenir next, avenir, helvetica neue, helvetica, Ubuntu, roboto, noto, segoe ui, arial, sans-serif; instead, which is a strict superset.
The reasoning why we might want to use such a set of fonts, is presented pretty well on the aforementioned https://systemfontstack.com website. :)
Might this also fix python/devguide#581?
That's because the font-stack is monospace, sans-serif and should instead be monospace, monospace because of a Chrome bug. 🤷🏽
If a PR is welcome, we should probably change the monospace font stack too (there's an example in the link provided, so... that should fix it).
That's because the font-stack is monospace, sans-serif and should instead be
monospace, monospacebecause of a Chrome bug. 🤷🏽
Oh! Here's more info on it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36540436/724176
That's right: two
monospacekeywords at the end of the font stack. Nobody knows why this works; it just does.
It also links to a 2010 blogpost about it, and it's not going away anytime soon!
Y'all can do this if you want, but I'm gonna close this so that it doesn't show up in my personal "Issues" list from the top-bar on GitHub when logged-in. :)