[bug #62921] [Request] Add another monospaced font to the default fonts

[anonymous]

URL:
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                 Summary: [Request] Add another monospaced font to the default
fonts
                 Project: GNU troff
               Submitter: None
               Submitted: Fri 19 Aug 2022 04:02:39 PM UTC
                Category: Font - others/general
                Severity: 3 - Normal
              Item Group: Feature change
                  Status: None
                 Privacy: Public
             Assigned to: None
             Open/Closed: Open
         Discussion Lock: Any
         Planned Release: None


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Date: Fri 19 Aug 2022 04:02:39 PM UTC By: Anonymous
By default groff comes with 6 proportional fonts (Avant Garde, Bookman,
Helvetica, New Century Schoolbook, Palatino, Times New Roman), but only 1
monospaced font: Courier. I like Courier but it would be nice to have another
option. Especially for typesetting code listings, a monospaced font with a
slashed or dotted zero, along with a clearer difference between 1 and l, would
come in handy.

I know there is a mechanism for users to manually add such a font to groff
themselves, but when sharing code it seems like a needless burden to put on
other people.

Possible choices would be DejaVu Sans Mono, Liberation Mono, or Adobe Source
Code Pro, though there are many others. Only the Regular style would be truly
needed; Bold and Italic would be a nice bonus but not really necessary.

Thanks.







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