# Proposal - 23.04 Changing the default Font

**URL:** <https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383>\
**Category:** Get Involved\
**Created:** [November 16, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383 "2022-11-16T13:42:30Z")\
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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:42pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383/1 "2022-11-16T13:42:30Z")

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One of the proposals ([Planning for 23.04](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/planning-for-23-04/6292)) we have is to change the default font from the Noto font family to “fonts-inter”.

This is available from the repositories - `sudo apt install fonts-inter`

This proposal will change the font shown in budgie-desktop settings, the default font for the weather applet - and possibly the desktop date & time budgie applet called showtime

![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/5/58de532af63efcfedbbc135bb6b878b09e4b15c8.jpeg)

I’m interested in your thoughts here - especially any issues you may find around your language/locale

So please do give feedback - change from Noto based fonts to the Inter font via the applets/budgie-desktop-settings - show some screenshots of your changes - font sizes etc with your thoughts.

Thanks.

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**Author:** ![fossfreedom](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/fossfreedom/32/1405_2.png) [@fossfreedom](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/fossfreedom)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2022, 1:43pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383/2 "2022-11-16T13:43:32Z")

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**Author:** ![puffettacicciottella](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/puffettacicciottella/32/4525_2.png) [@puffettacicciottella](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/puffettacicciottella)\
**Post date:** [November 22, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383/3 "2022-11-22T16:48:04Z")

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Hi,  
I’ve installed them into my jammy and it seems surely better than that ugly Roboto that (I suppose, because I didn’t set it up) comes with WhiteSur.  
ASAP I’ll send you s desktop screenshot (I need to create a brand new user because my own desktop is really a mess and is faster to create a new user than to put some order in my desktop 😉

Sil

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [November 23, 2022, 11:45pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383/4 "2022-11-23T23:45:54Z")

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Mmm…

Noto ( for no-tofu, something like no-mess ) is widely used because of its ability to cover almost all languages.

I’d say the problem with fonts is elsewhere : [Excessive fonts installed by default - Desktop - Ubuntu Community Hub](https://discourse.ubuntu.com/t/excessive-fonts-installed-by-default/20924)

So a better idea ( if possible ) would be creating an easy tool that « hides » installed fonts according to user’s needs. Such a tool should ask user its favorite languages and its favorite geographical areas and then hide ( system, default, installed ) fonts accordingly.

A kind of [font-manager](https://github.com/FontManager/font-manager/) but with a filtering based on user’s answers about languages and areas.

Regarding [font Inter](https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Inter?preview.text=%C3%80%20droite%20L%C3%A6titia%20n%27a%20qu%27un%20%C5%93il,%20%C3%A0%20gauche%20%C5%92dipe%20s%27en%20moque%20%C2%A1%2069%E2%82%AC%20!%20Tsch%C3%BC%C3%9F%20@fossfreedom&preview.text_type=custom) no condensed family which I tend to use more often those days ( my aging eyes maybe ? Surely… ) but a feature rich font for sure [Inter font family](https://rsms.me/inter/#weights)

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**Author:** ![Coeur-Noir](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/coeur-noir/32/4515_2.png) [@Coeur-Noir](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/u/Coeur-Noir)\
**Post date:** [November 24, 2022, 10:51pm UTC](https://discourse.ubuntubudgie.org/t/proposal-23-04-changing-the-default-font/6383/5 "2022-11-24T22:51:13Z")

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UBudgie 22.10 :

 ![font_inter_00](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/7/772c0856b5450bfd1318604a106d8fdeca535c78.jpeg)

 ![fonts_inter_01](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/c/cc4b5d1d730721aa5174b2d87bd7ba646701fe81.jpeg)

 ![fonts_inter_02](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/7/7f6ff8d30c127a209eb01483c55a1b64ddd8237c.jpeg)

UBudgie 22.04 :

 ![fonts_inter_03](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/uploads/ubuntubudgie/original/2X/c/ce875c6ee06a2726c97272a5fa1e96a6510f270b.jpeg)

[IBM plex family fonts](https://fonts.google.com/?query=IBM+plex)  
…has a kind of old school, technical vibe.