Changes have been made to the GNOME settings, switching the interface to use the Inter font by default, which is specifically designed for user interfaces and optimized for high clarity of small and medium-sized characters (less than 12px) on computer screens. It is expected that this change may be rolled back before the fall release of GNOME 47 if its testing is deemed unsuccessful.
In default mode, the Inter font exhibits issues such as identical representations of the uppercase letter 'I' and lowercase 'l', as well as the letter 'O' and the number '0'. This issue can be resolved by setting the optional mode 'ss02' in the font-feature-settings property, supported in GTK.
The reason for replacing the old Cantarell font, which has been used in GNOME since 2010, is cited as stagnation and maintenance problems, particularly noticeable against the backdrop of the active development of the Inter font, around which a large community has formed to continue its development, address flaws, implement new font capabilities, and test display quality for various languages and screen types.
To test the new font in existing GNOME installations, it is necessary to download and unpack a zip archive containing the Inter font, install the font by double-clicking on the InterVariable.ttf and InterVariable-Italic.ttf files in the GNOME Fonts application, and then activate it as the interface font in the GNOME Tweaks application or via the gsettings utility ("gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Inter Variable 11'").
Source: opennet.ru
