Requests for Comment/Icons and wordmarks

Wordmark and Icons on Miraheze
Soon with the release of MediaWiki 1.36, more people will be using the "New Vector" design with the horizontal logo at the top. Currently, Meta and Commons do not have a version with a wordmark. In this RfC, I request your comment on which font we should be using on Meta (and maybe Miraheze Commons). &mdash;Lakelimbo (talk)&emsp; 21:04, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

=Font= The wordmark needs to have a font that is free and has no restrictions to use on the web. Unfortunately, a lot of good fonts are very restricted, and not all free fonts are permitted to use anywhere (including Arial, Segoe, Times New Roman, etc.).

Google Fonts is currently a good repository of free and (mostly) non-restrictive fonts. Roboto is the font I originally used but it seems that some people are not pleased by this. I suggest the following fonts, but you can include your own in the "Other (suggest a font)" section.

Roboto
Roboto is the font used by Google on Android, ChromeOS and some other services. It's simple, well designed and has multiple weights.



Support

 * 1)  also as a modern and friendly look, but prefer one of the lighter weight variants for this one. Dmehus (talk) 21:12, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Montserrat
Montserrat is a font widely used as a header typeface. It's beautiful, slightly longer and also has multiple weights.

Support

 * 1)  Looks fine and dandy to me. DarkMatterMan4500 (talk) (contribs) 21:14, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

PT Sans
PT Sans is a popular font, mostly used for body-text. Sans serif but it has some characteristic curves.

Support

 * 1)  I suppose these could be useful, like how Void has custom designed fonts for his signature. (I don't suppose it could be of any sort of value like this one.) -- DarkMatterMan4500  Talk to me Contribs 21:25, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Playfair
Playfair is a serif font, similar to Times New Roman. The italic version is considerably different from the normal one.

Ubuntu
Ubuntu, as the name says, it's the font used on headers on Ubuntu.

Support

 * 1)  This one looks nice, has a modern and friendly look, and doesn't have too thick of a typeface to the letters. Dmehus (talk) 21:09, 7 May 2021 (UTC)

Other (suggest a font)
If you did not like any of the fonts mentioned and/or think other font will be better, suggest here.