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by veave 1099 days ago
Noto Sans is a "version" of Arial and is inappropriate for a user interface.

I have looked at screenshots of ChromeOS and, for obvious reasons, they don't seem to be using it - they use Roboto and Product Sans just like they do in Android.
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Sunspark 1099 days ago
It is not a version of Arial! Noto sans is derived from Droid Sans and Open Sans, all by Steve Mattheson.

That said, I don't use Noto and I replaced it with Tahoma. :)

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veave 1099 days ago
Yes I know it's not a version exactly which is why I quoted it.

What I meant is that this style of font is soooo generic at this point that it screams cheap

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RedShift1 1099 days ago
Why is Noto Sans inappropriate? Also you can just change the font to your own preference.
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mattkevan 1099 days ago
I agree it’s not a good UI font, but it’s absolutely not a version of Arial. Arial is a knock-off of Helvetica.

Noto is a variant of Open Sans with a much wider symbol set.

A font specifically designed for UI like Inter would be better choice as it’s a bit more compact and better for information density.

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