Hi,

I was looking at the "Logo and media resources" page on sourcehut.org 
today:
<https://sourcehut.org/logo>

I noticed that the provided logos specify a font-family of "sans-serif". 
This is an excellent choice for a webpage, but doesn't seem to be the 
right choice for a brand's official reference media.

I set my browser's font-family to IBM Plex Sans (an excellent 
proportional serif font and a terrible choice for a logo, as it's 
already attached to an existing brand); however, the font face of the 
official merchandise looks different:
<https://www.hellotux.com/sourcehut>

I suggest selecting a proportional font family that isn't tied to an 
existing brand, and converting the text in the SVG to paths. This can be 
done in Inkscape, or in the CLI with tools such as usvg:
<https://github.com/RazrFalcon/resvg/tree/master/crates/usvg>

Context: I was hoping to make some classic 88x31 badges for Sourcehut to 
put on my website, and maybe submit them for inclusion on the "Logo and 
media resources" page. I realized that font inconsistency would be an 
issue and decided to reach out.

-- 
Seirdy (https://seirdy.one)

On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 11:44:22PM -0400, Rohan Kumar wrote:
>I set my browser's font-family to IBM Plex Sans (an excellent 
>proportional serif font and a terrible choice for a logo, as it's 
>already attached to an existing brand)

Typo: s/proportional serif/proportional sans-serif/. Oops.

Suggestions for fonts with good Unicode coverage and licensing, which 
don't look radically different from existing merchandise:

- Noto Sans
- Public Sans
- Source Sans 3
- Nunito Sans

All are variable fonts, which should allow maximum flexibility.

-- 
Seirdy (https://seirdy.one)