Nokia’s legendary font makes for a great user interface font

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craftkiller ◴[30 Aug 25 13:06 UTC] No.45074300[source]▶

I wouldn't know, because your screenshots are smaller than a postage stamp on mobile and your website prevents zooming in.

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1. mtmail ◴[30 Aug 25 13:13 UTC] No.45074358[source]▶

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Direct link to the full screenshot. 1.8MB, 2624x1080 https://www.osnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Screenshot...

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2. firesteelrain ◴[30 Aug 25 13:37 UTC] No.45074583[source]▶

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Reminds me a little bit of Solaris for some reason

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3. hedora ◴[30 Aug 25 14:45 UTC] No.45075097[source]▶

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It looks a lot like gnome 2. That was the last version informed by human factors research and user studies. Sun performed the research.

It’s not a coincidence that things like mint and cinnamon are still being maintained.

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4. johnisgood ◴[30 Aug 25 16:23 UTC] No.45075857[source]▶

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OpenSolaris looked great, IMO. OpenIndiana looks the same (no surprise here).

5. vdfs ◴[30 Aug 25 18:13 UTC] No.45076831{3}[source]▶

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Ironically it's the latest version of Plasma KDE using Qt 6, took a lot of time to port it from 5

6. bestham ◴[31 Aug 25 11:53 UTC] No.45082472[source]▶

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I can see what you are getting at. Reminds me a bit of their GTK theme Nimbus for the Gnome based Java Desktop System but also Bluecurve of Gnome 2 with Bitstream Vera. Perhaps it just looks dated?

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7. firesteelrain ◴[31 Aug 25 13:22 UTC] No.45082978{3}[source]▶

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Yea maybe I asked AI and it said the reason why is both Sun’s design and the Nokia design are both “a neutral neo-grotesque foundation, refined contrast, and consistent spacing”

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