We currently ship numerous font families on aurora, with at least 4 provided on our non-dx images and 11 more fonts on our -dx images.
We understand that users may currently using these fonts, and may value these being preinstalled on aurora as part of its “batteries-included” nature. However, we recently added the flatpaks for Embellish(Nerd Fonts) and Font Downloader which provide simple ways for users to install their preferred fonts on -dx and non-dx.
We would greatly appreciate your thoughts on if/which fonts you use that are provided or if you would prefer installing your fonts manually with the above mentioned flatpaks.
I’d argue having some different fonts baked into the system doesn’t hurt especially with how tiny font packages are. Gives some customization options that work across users without needing to add at an individual level yet still have the ability to add more as wanted.
Looks like the removal action was already performed in the following commit:
Fair enough, I can understand that. As far as what we’ve done, we’ve currently just removed the Ubuntu font and switched over the Intel one font into a rpm from a copr instead of shipping the TTF files. No other fonts have been affected.
AFAIK the Ubuntu fonts were added for bluefin when aurora/bluefin had a combined repo.
I have no problem at all with some fonts being preinstalled as part of the “batteries included” model. I prefer it actually, and fonts barely take up a smidgen of memory.
I don’t really even mind which packs are preinstalled, it’s just nice to have a choice of fonts from the start, so I don’t have to go looking for them. It’s one less thing to do after setting up a new install.