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Improve the font for Linux systems #469

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@felipec

When I look at the Git Developer Pages (and the git-scm.com site) the font looks horrendous.

The font list is: Adelle, Georgia, Times New Roman, serif. None of these fonts are present in typical Linux systems, and "serif" is the default, so it's basically as if no font was specified ("<p>Hello world!<p>" has the same font).

  1. The fallback font should be sans-serif. (so it's at least readable)
  2. A good minimum should be DejaVu Serif, which is present in many Linux systems. (this looks close to Georgia)
  3. The best one should be Roboto Slab. (it's very close to Adelle, but it's free, and doesn't cost $540.26 USD)

So the font list should be: Adelle, Roboto Slab, DejaVu Serif, Georgia, Times New Roman, sans-serif.

This way it finally looks good enough to read.

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