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Change of fonts

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Description

This may be just a me thing, but the font used for each man page is incredibly hard to parse and read. So it may be worth spending some time investigating other fonts to use

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First steps

  1. Read the whole issue, then the project's contributing guide.
  2. Comment on the issue to say you are picking it up — it saves two people doing the same work.
  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
  4. Open a pull request that references the issue number.

Research direction

Start by reviewing how man pages are rendered on the git-scm.com website and identify where the current font choice is configured. Compare readable alternatives in the rendered pages and document a specific replacement and its expected readability improvement.

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Assessment

Tech stack
html
Domain
design, documentation
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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