Feature Request: Easy way to change font

[kpuljek]

After typing out some notes in my native language, Croatian, I noticed that some characters don't work properly in the default font used in notes. (screenshot original.png)

When I change the code (code.png) to something else like Fira Sans, then it looks okay. (fira-sans.png)

Unfortunately, I didn't find a simple way to change the font, I don't want to mess around with code and break something in the future. Any ideas?

[jancborchardt]

@kpuljek that’s very strange, Open Sans has these letters and it works here:

Could you clarify which browser you use, and if it works in a different browser or device?

(Just FYI, Open Sans is also the typeface we use all over Nextcloud, so if it’s because of this, you would also see the issue in other parts of Nextcloud. :)

[jancborchardt]

Closing because the recent move to SimpleMDE seems to habe fixed this. :)

[ghost]

Hi, this is not fixed. Problem is, that you need to include font with parameter latin-ext, not only base Open Sans. It would be nice to specifiy (in the theme settings) just Google font url in one form input e.g. "https://fonts.googleapis.com/css?family=Roboto&subset=latin-ext" and global font name like "Roboto" in second input. Do it and you'll make a lot of users happier ;-).

[korelstar]

That sounds like this is a general Nextcloud issue and not specific to the Notes app. Can you confirm this? If this is the case, then please open a new issue in the nextcloud/server repository, since we can't fix it from this app.

[ghost]

I'm sorry, I've discovered this topic on Google, search phrase "nextcloud font change". I'll create a new issue in correct place!

[jancborchardt]

Yup, the core issue is nextcloud/server#11299 – thanks @MicNov @novami for opening! :)

[alex-milanov]

Yeah but it would also be good to be able to change the font family (I use FiraCode for some ligatures), colors and background switch etc ...

[stellarpower]

I'd like to be able to use a Monospace font - Markdown is meant to be easy to read in both source and rendered views. Nextcloud notes doesn't support tables yet, however, if I generate a table in markdown format, it is sitll pretty legible without being rendered. The problem however, is that the default font isn't monospaced.

I have had to enter the table into a code section, which then makes it not so convenient for scrolling. The current choice makes sense for many users, but I used to use Joplin a lot for taking notes, and for me and anyone using notes a lot for technical work, programming notes, it's certainly a lot easier to edit the sources in a monospace font. Even for general notes, I think it makes life easier if everything lines up nicely whilst you're typing it out. To start with, I think a simple drop-down entry on the toolbar, with a stylised 'f' icon, and offering a limited choice of variations of the main fonr theme (serif, sans, monospace), would be a good way of doing this. To offer support perhaps for arbitrary, enterring a webfont URL would be a good way of enabling this, so the work is client-side.

[jancborchardt]

To offer support perhaps for arbitrary, enterring a webfont URL would be a good way of enabling this, so the work is client-side.

@stellarpower you can already do this using the Custom CSS app. :)