typography
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Fonts and typography on codeonym's Arch workstation — the installed font library (Inter, IBM Plex, Source Sans/Serif/Code, Roboto, Open Sans, Fira Code, JetBrains Mono, Noto incl. CJK/emoji, Liberation, DejaVu), Font Manager (incl. Google Fonts browsing), GNOME Fonts, and FontForge. Use when the user wants to choose or pair fonts, see what fonts are installed, install new fonts, compare fonts in a specimen, convert fonts to web formats (WOFF2), or edit/create a font.
16 other projects use a version of this, 1 of them edited.
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Most recently taken up by
- fracazo/design-systemtheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- soilmass/motion-design-agenttheir own version, first seen Nov 8, 2026
- heydavidf/typographytheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- Above-the-Fold-Studio/designmd-skillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- ArnavPuri/designskillstheir own version, first seen Nov 1, 2026
- codeonym-oss/design-skillsedited, first seen Oct 20, 2026
Other versions16 projects use a version of this.
Word for word · 0
None found.
Edited · 1
- codeonym-oss/design-skills★ 026% same
Wrote their own version · 15
- glebis/claude-skills★ 410same name
- danium/practicaltypography★ 29same name
- ArnavPuri/designskills★ 17same name
- soilmass/motion-design-agent★ 7same name
- fracazo/design-system★ 4same name
- AntJanus/skillbox★ 2same name
- dkadts/landing-kit-building★ 2same name
- qyndex/claude-init★ 2same name
- HugoLopes45/design-skills★ 1same name
- VectorLabAU/skills★ 1same name
5 more not listed
How matches are found. Word for word: the exact same text. Edited: shares passages with this file (“99% same” means 99% of its five-word phrases also appear here; 10% or more counts). Their own version: similar meaning, or, weakest, the same name. We can’t tell which project had it first. Projects are counted among the 200 most-starred candidates, and mentions are links to the repository we found, up to 50 per site, so both counts are a floor.
In this repository9 other files it gives its agents.
- 3d-modelingSkill
- design-doctorSkill
- graphic-designSkill
- illustrationSkill
- photo-editingSkill
- print-layoutSkill
- screen-recordingSkill
- ui-designSkill
- video-editingSkill
The file
We split this skill into the rules it gives an agent
1 rule. 0 are common, 1 is distinctive, and 0 are very specific to this project.
0
Common
Most of the 11 edited versions we read keep these.
1
Distinctive
This author's own choices. Worth a look.
0
Very specific
Tied to their project's names, files or tools. Probably skip.
- Common
- Distinctive
- Very specific
- Distinctive: line 43
Check the license before shipping a font on the web or in a product (OFL = free to embed).
“Common” is measured: kept by at least 6 in 10 of the 11 edited versions of this file we could read. “Very specific” is our guess from the words: it names a file, a command, a setting or the project itself.
Files
Typography (fonts · Font Manager · FontForge)
Toolkit on this machine
| Tool | Use it for | Launch / CLI |
| Font Manager | Browse, compare, enable/disable fonts; install Google Fonts directly | font-manager |
| GNOME Fonts | Quick preview / install a single font file | gnome-font-viewer |
| FontForge | Edit glyphs, create fonts, convert formats | fontforge · scripted fontforge -lang=py -script |
| fontconfig | List and match installed fonts | fc-list, fc-match |
Installed families worth knowing
| Role | Families |
| UI / product sans | Inter (variable), IBM Plex Sans, Roboto, Open Sans, Source Sans 3 |
| Editorial serif | Source Serif 4, IBM Plex Serif, Noto Serif |
| Monospace / code | JetBrains Mono, Fira Code, IBM Plex Mono, Source Code Pro |
| Coverage / fallback | Noto Sans/Serif (+ CJK, Emoji, Extra), DejaVu, Liberation (metric-compatible with Arial/Times/Courier) |
Scripts
| Script | What it does |
check.sh | Verifies font tools and the key families; reports total font count |
font-inventory.sh [filter] | Lists installed families (optionally filtered), with style count and file location |
font-specimen.sh "Family A" "Family B" … [-t "sample text"] [-o out.png] | Renders a side-by-side specimen PNG to compare/pair fonts |
webfont.sh <font.ttf|otf…> [outdir] | Converts fonts to WOFF2 (+ WOFF) and writes an @font-face CSS file |
Guides
references/pairing-and-hierarchy.md— proven pairings from the installed set, type scale, readability rules.references/installing-fonts.md— user vs system install, Google Fonts via Font Manager, AUR font packages, licensing.
Rules of thumb
- Two families max per project (one sans + one serif or mono). Use weights for hierarchy.
- Body text 16 px+ on screen, line-height 1.5, 60–75 characters per line.
- Check the license before shipping a font on the web or in a product (OFL = free to embed).
- For web, self-host WOFF2 (
webfont.sh) or usenext/font— never hotlink random font CDNs.
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