Switch to a system font stack?

[pradyunsg]

xref: pydata/pydata-sphinx-theme#247

Would a PR switching this theme to system fonts as per https://systemfontstack.com, be acceptable?

[Mariatta]

Is this the same issue as #54 ?

[pradyunsg]

No. That PR changes this theme to use font-family: Arial, sans-serif to work around a Chrome bug.

This one is suggesting we change to something like: font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, avenir next, avenir, helvetica neue, helvetica, Ubuntu, roboto, noto, segoe ui, arial, sans-serif; instead, which is a strict superset.

The reasoning why we might want to use such a set of fonts, is presented pretty well on the aforementioned https://systemfontstack.com website. :)

[hugovk]

Might this also fix python/devguide#581?

[pradyunsg]

That's because the font-stack is monospace, sans-serif and should instead be monospace, monospace because of a Chrome bug. 🤷🏽

If a PR is welcome, we should probably change the monospace font stack too (there's an example in the link provided, so... that should fix it).

[hugovk]

That's because the font-stack is monospace, sans-serif and should instead be monospace, monospace because of a Chrome bug. 🤷🏽

Oh! Here's more info on it: https://stackoverflow.com/a/36540436/724176

That's right: two monospace keywords at the end of the font stack. Nobody knows why this works; it just does.

It also links to a 2010 blogpost about it, and it's not going away anytime soon!

[pradyunsg]

Y'all can do this if you want, but I'm gonna close this so that it doesn't show up in my personal "Issues" list from the top-bar on GitHub when logged-in. :)