libertinus VS fantasque-sans

I use a serif typeface; Libertinus is a particularly nice-looking and legible font.

I offered to make a compatibility between Regular and Bold versions in Libertinus Serif family (https://github.com/alerque/libertinus/issues/514) but I'm not sure whether the font family is in use.

Among the fonts that your computer does not come with, but which you can download and use for free, I like IBM Plex Serif and Libertinus Serif.

Also Libertinus, a fork of Linux Libertine with better Unicode math support.

- Starts running, screaming in Comic Sans.

Jokes aside, CM is not the only game for math-heavy documents. Something like Libertinus [1] would probably be more screen-friendly.

[1] https://github.com/alerque/libertinus

I use libertinus

Not Microsoft Word, exactly... but LibreOffice ships with "Linux Libertine", a fantastic serif font for body text. That font hasn't been updated since its original release, but "Libertinus Serif" is a fork that is actively maintained.

The first looks like Arbutus Slab. The second reminds me of Libertinus Serif.

Linux Libertine was abandoned in 2012. You should have a look at Libertinus, it’s the best fork and includes the initials typeface

I like it a lot! Definitely in the camp of “comic sans is over-hated for poor reasons, and might even have legibility benefits for dyslexia”, and I considered a few comic sans inspired monospaced fonts before settling on Source Code Pro. The leaders were Fantasque (https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans/) and Comic Code (https://tosche.net/fonts/comic-code). (Comic Code’s creator actually links to the font you linked, Comic Mono, as an example of a free font with the same spirit!)

Ultimately I found that anything descended from or inspired by comic sans ended up a little too busy for my eyes.

If paying for a font isn't your thing but you're curious this is a free version I used to use of a similar idea. https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans

For Emacs I use Fantasque Sans Mono, which has a slashed zero and some other good features (e.g. clear difference between 1 and l).

I thought it would be silly or I would hate it, but the comic sans like nature of Fantasque Sans Mono really surprised me and worked well for coding/IDE use (especially in Python): https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans

I know you didn't ask but I have mild dyslexia and a friend turned me on to the font he uses for coding called Fantasque Sans. I found it to be pleasantly readable like Comic Sans without being as stylistically offensive.

Fantasque Sans (https://github.com/belluzj/fantasque-sans) - I love it and use it for years in all editors! For terminal I use a patched variant of Ubuntu Mono.