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[1/2] standards.md: recommend Nimbus Sans instead of Nimbus Roman

Message ID 20261030-nimbus-standards-v1-1-119ec9b3c918@bootlin.com
State New
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Series Move to Nimbus Sans for diagrams | expand

Commit Message

Antonin Godard Oct. 30, 2026, 12:58 p.m. UTC
Using Nimbus Roman for diagrams is usually a bad idea: serif fonts are
meant for paragraphs, while sans-serif fonts are better suited for
diagrams. Change our standards recommendation.

Signed-off-by: Antonin Godard <antonin.godard@bootlin.com>
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 documentation/standards.md | 5 +++--
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diff --git a/documentation/standards.md b/documentation/standards.md
index 30d48a5bb..1f2a30a22 100644
--- a/documentation/standards.md
+++ b/documentation/standards.md
@@ -203,10 +203,11 @@  arrows and clipart to the new SVG document.
 
 ### Fonts
 
-The recommended font for description text and labels is `Nimbus Roman`, size 10.
+The recommended font for description text and labels is `Nimbus Sans`.
+
 Labels are in bold.
 
-`template.svg` contains ready-to-copy labels.
+`template.svg` contains ready-to-copy text and labels.
 
 ### Text boxes