User contributions for J.mlr

13 May 2023

• 19:1119:11, 13 May 2023 diff hist +148‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Described Libertinus under Linux Libertine
• 19:0819:08, 13 May 2023 diff hist +19‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Families: Linked Libertinus Fonts to the math section
• 19:0519:05, 13 May 2023 diff hist −4‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Math: Changed the description of Libertinus Math to make it more math font-focused
• 19:0219:02, 13 May 2023 diff hist +232‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Math: Added Libertinus Math that is reasonably popular and shares glyphs with other math fonts noted on this page.

25 March 2023

• 12:3612:36, 25 March 2023 diff hist +210‎ PDF, PS and DjVu ‎ →‎Removing annotations from a PDF: Added another way to remove PDF annotations without using any package from AUR.

5 March 2023

• 15:1515:15, 5 March 2023 diff hist +114‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Monospaced: Added Roboto Mono

21 August 2022

• 20:1720:17, 21 August 2022 diff hist +1‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Fallback font order: Fixed link.

20 August 2022

• 14:3914:39, 20 August 2022 diff hist +57‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Copy edits.
• 14:3614:36, 20 August 2022 diff hist +137‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Pan-CJK: Copy edits.
• 14:1714:17, 20 August 2022 diff hist +85‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Math: Fixed typo. Clarified that STIX and XITS do have non-math/text fonts (although most people use them for math).

16 August 2022

• 15:5815:58, 16 August 2022 diff hist +96‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Greek: Added SBL BibLit, which is a superset of SBL Greek
• 15:5715:57, 16 August 2022 diff hist +96‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Hebrew: Added SBL BibLit, which is a superset of SBL Hebrew

14 August 2022

• 20:1320:13, 14 August 2022 diff hist +93‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Hebrew: Added SBL Hebrew. It is actually the font used by Wikipedia (to display Hebrew characters on the English pages).

13 August 2022

• 14:5814:58, 13 August 2022 diff hist +91‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Greek: Added SBL Greek, which is often recommended as a Greek-specific font and is already in AUR

12 August 2022

• 17:0917:09, 12 August 2022 diff hist +36‎ Mpv ‎ →‎Subtitle configurations: Added how to change font used for subtitles.
• 13:5613:56, 12 August 2022 diff hist +13‎ m Font configuration ‎ →‎Match Test: Changed the example from Ubuntu to Gentium. Ubuntu is not even a serif font...not a very good example to replace Georgia.

4 August 2022

• 12:2312:23, 4 August 2022 diff hist +383‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Families: Clarified about fonts within the URW Ghostscript lineage (GS fonts themselves, GNU FreeFont, and TeX Gyre), because information about them is generally lacking and confusing.

18 July 2022

• 15:5315:53, 18 July 2022 diff hist +43‎ m Font configuration ‎ →‎Alias: Changed the example (which I wrote) which now makes more sense, because Noto Sans indeed looks quite different from Helvetica, so it is not a good fallback in this case.

17 July 2022

• 19:0119:01, 17 July 2022 diff hist +31‎ Font configuration ‎ →‎Alias: Explained why the example in this subsection might be needed.
• 18:5218:52, 17 July 2022 diff hist +304‎ Font configuration ‎ →‎Set default or fallback fonts: Restructured the subsections about fallback fonts and added more information about match test.
• 18:4318:43, 17 July 2022 diff hist +544‎ Font configuration ‎ →‎Replace or set default fonts: Added more information about fallback fonts (the existing contents in this subsection are more about fallback fonts than default fonts, although they apply to both).

8 July 2022

• 16:4216:42, 8 July 2022 diff hist +116‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Font packages: Clarifies the difference between metric compatibility and visual similarity. This information is already in "Serif" and I added them for the sans-serif fonts
• 16:3416:34, 8 July 2022 diff hist +206‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Families: Added some information about GNU FreeFont and Liberation Fonts

1 July 2022

• 09:2609:26, 1 July 2022 diff hist +28‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Sans-serif: Pretty sure "Inter UI" is now called "Inter". Added some information about its category.
• 09:2209:22, 1 July 2022 diff hist −70‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Removed a claim that Bitstream Charter looks like Georgia. I was the person who added this but I think it is somewhat subjective/biased.

27 May 2022

• 16:0916:09, 27 May 2022 diff hist +83‎ m Vim ‎ →‎Spell checking: Added the current directory of the default dictionary files. I added this because most of the information on the Internet seems not to point to this directory.

8 May 2022

• 13:2813:28, 8 May 2022 diff hist +83‎ m Dictd ‎ →‎Configuration: Explained how to disable he offline mode because some users might prefer it that way.
• 13:1713:17, 8 May 2022 diff hist +268‎ Dictd ‎ →‎Hosting Offline Dictionaries: Listed a number of popular English dictionaries for convenience's sake. Also explained that bilingual dictionaries usually come from FreeDict.
• 12:5512:55, 8 May 2022 diff hist +206‎ Dictd ‎ Added a general "usage" section, as the usage of dictd should be separated from the configurations of offline dictionaries (you can use it with online databases, after all).
• 12:4812:48, 8 May 2022 diff hist +59‎ Dictd ‎ →‎Configuration: Explained how dictd actually queries databases (online vs offline) and how the online mode can be disabled. Shortened the explanation about installing offline dictionaries.

15 February 2022

• 16:0616:06, 15 February 2022 diff hist −60‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Arabic: Removed a broken package link (also related to Crimson).
• 16:0416:04, 15 February 2022 diff hist −60‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Removed a broken package link (specifically, Crimson is now removed from AUR and included in the Community repo).

22 January 2022

• 14:4214:42, 22 January 2022 diff hist +153‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Arabic: Fixed a typo, added information (and sources) that the Latin characters of Amiri are basically Crimson

5 December 2021

• 13:1413:14, 5 December 2021 diff hist +464‎ Fonts ‎ Added two open-source fonts that can be useful for design, as they are similar to popular commercial fonts. Also, some minor changes to existing descriptions (mostly to make the language less biased).

4 December 2021

• 18:3018:30, 4 December 2021 diff hist +236‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Sans-serif: Added Montserrat, since it is similar to Proxima Nova which is extremely popular in design

2 December 2021

• 14:1114:11, 2 December 2021 diff hist −5‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Despite its package name on AUR, that version of Crimson is simply "Crimson". "Crimson Text" is an older version and looks different.

30 November 2021

• 10:2810:28, 30 November 2021 diff hist +17‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Clarified the license of Bitstream Charter. The version on AUR was released under a free license, but other commercial versions exist.

27 November 2021

• 12:2912:29, 27 November 2021 diff hist +373‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Cleared up the language a bit, and also added some references to support, e.g., the claim that FreeSerif is not metrically compatible with Times New Roman

26 November 2021

• 14:2414:24, 26 November 2021 diff hist +62‎ Metric-compatible fonts ‎ Moved the "accuracy" label to the top of the page, because this page confuses visual similarity with metric compatibility.
• 14:1614:16, 26 November 2021 diff hist +382‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Further clarified which fonts are metric-compatiable with Times New Roman, which are visually similar but metrically different
• 13:2713:27, 26 November 2021 diff hist +63‎ Fonts ‎ The purpose of this edit was to provide some clarity on which fonts are metrically identical to Times New Roman (not just visually similar). E.g., my test showed that FreeSerif and Linux Libertine are not, but Liberation Serif is. Also, changed the term "compatible" in math font.
• 12:5812:58, 26 November 2021 diff hist +160‎ Metric-compatible fonts ‎ →‎List of metric-compatible fonts: I did some testing in LibreOffice and FreeSerif is not metrically identical to Times New Roman. This is especially obvious for italic fonts.

25 November 2021

• 22:3922:39, 25 November 2021 diff hist +205‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Added Libre Caslon which is designed also by Impallari Type (who created Libre Baskerville and other popular free fonts, e.g., Lobster)

24 November 2021

• 17:5417:54, 24 November 2021 diff hist +392‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Math: Added XITS (which is commonly recommended as a math font for Times New Roman) and explained its relationship with STIX Two Math
• 16:1616:16, 24 November 2021 diff hist +39‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Updated descriptions of some serif fonts (e.g., Crimson is actually similar to Adobe Minion, according to its GitHub readme)

23 November 2021

• 22:2822:28, 23 November 2021 diff hist +170‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Serif: Added Libre Baskerville which is one of the very few open source Baskerville revivals
• 20:2420:24, 23 November 2021 diff hist +98‎ Fonts ‎ →‎Families: Added that Bitstream Vera Sans is metrically compatible with Verdana
• 19:5819:58, 23 November 2021 diff hist +4‎ m Fonts ‎ →‎Bitmap: Changed some of the dashes such that they are consistent with each other (and other sections).
• 14:3014:30, 23 November 2021 diff hist +240‎ Fonts ‎ Changed the formatting of the math font section so that it is consistent with the serif and san serif sections. Also pointed out that STIX and TeX Gyre Termes Math are compatible with Times New Roman (both are common used in academia).
• 12:1912:19, 23 November 2021 diff hist +523‎ Fonts ‎ Explained that the Liberation fonts and GNU Free fonts were developed as substitutes for Times and Arial, it is often useful for new Linux users to know this