Any suggestions for a font for Joplin?

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I’m looking for a font that could be used to write the text “Joplin” next to the icon, for example in the logo displayed above in the forum. (I’ve used Sergio UI for now)

I don’t know much about fonts so not sure what to pick so if anyone has a suggestion on what could look good that would be great. Any ideas?

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Perhaps we could ask @etho201 since he did a great but little too late job with the logo?

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Sure, any idea is welcome.

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iA or IBM Plex fonts are easy on the eyes.

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Maybe people could just paste the image of the word Joplin with the fonts they like. We only need those 6 letters anyway.

Sergio UI

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IBM Plex Sans

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Btw, I like the one currently used on the forum.

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I like how it looks in the Sergio UI font, but I don’t know enough about fonts to know if there’s a nicer looking option or not. I’ve always been partial to Avenir Next, but I don’t know if it’s universally available.

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This doesn’t seem to be a topic that exercises many minds. If there’s still need for two cents, here are mine:

Joplin-logotext
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Four serif and six sans fonts that would go well with the Joplin logo, in my opinion. I appreciate the beauty of IBM Plex Sans, but it’s a bit too stern for what I’m associating Joplin with (I’m somewhat biased towards more friendly looking fonts). And maybe its prominent J tries to compete with the logo. Segoe UI fails the O0oIl1 test, but that doesn’t really matter in a logo. You might like the (almost) symmetry of J and l in PT Sans.

Afterthought: if you prefer something more geometrical, Futura is a good choice.
Joplin-logotext Futura
Bitter, Faustina, Asap, Fira Sans, and PT Sans can be found on Google Fonts, BTW.

Afterthought #2: I see now that other fonts mentioned above also have some in-between weigths.

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@memophen, of those I like the first one “Bitter”

A bit of character, a bit of reference to a type-writer which is relevant for note-taking, but more modern than Times-New-Roman.

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I personally think something like the Hack Mono Nerd Font. It’s very simple, clean and all letters are very distinguishable from each other.

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If you want to use a monospaced font in a logo, there are a few things to consider.

Joplin-logotext Mono
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  • Choosing a standard width like Consolas or IBM Plex Mono, or something more condensed like Iosevka or some variants of Input?
  • Irregularities in spacing are more conspicuous at bigger sizes (compare the Jop part with the lin part). Nice alternatives are the semi-proportional Input Sans and Input Serif fonts. Another interesting font is Monoid, that tries to smooth irregularities while still remaining non-proportional. I haven’t tested it yet. As you can see, IBM Plex Mono simply solves the problem by giving l and i king-size serifs, but the result isn’t quite satisfying though.

Iosevka and Input both have a lot of glyph and weight variants.

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Just a reminder, we are only looking for a font for the following 6 letters: Joplin

The O0oIl1 test is irrelevant for the word Joplin.