Archlinux font: Bitmap or TTF?
Channel: Kai Hendry
Date: 2021-01-26

Nikita's talk of improving font legibility peeked my interest https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23551983 



00:00 Welcome to my Battle station
00:38 Should probably one BIG screen
01:00 Can I switch between machines with one monitor / keyb /mouse / microphone / two networks?
02:20 Case for 4K
02:40 Bitmap vs TTF on my T14s
03:02 Comparison on a 4K monitor
04:07 Percent sign on a scaled TTF on a big screen
04:34 Percent sign on my 1080p Thinkpad
05:08 Conclusion


I don't think there is a USB-C "machine switcher" so I can focus on just one big screen, whilst having fast access to either a Mac or Archlinux machine. Do let me know in the comments if I'm wrong!


My configuration:
curl -O https://s.natalian.org/2021-01-26/ttf.yml

alacritty --config-file ttf.yml -t TTF
Btw I'm pretty happy working on 1080p & I am so familiar with Terminus font face.
Otherwise refer to https://github.com/kaihendry/dotfiles/blob/master/.alacritty.yml please


Assume Archlinux defaults, i.e. I haven't been ricing with https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/font_configuration