As another last minute change for [1]GNOME 48 ahead of its feature freeze this weekend, the default font of the GNOME desktop has changed.

After a decade and a half of using Cantarell as the default font, GNOME 48 shifts over to using Adwaita Sans by default.

[2]This merge today to gsettings-desktop-schemas switches over to using Adwaita Fonts by default. For those preferring Cantarell or another font, you still are free to modify the font used by GNOME to your desire -- this is just about what's found by default with upstream GNOME.

Adwaita Fonts is a variation of the Inter font for Adwaita Sans. Adwaita Sans is hosted via [3]this GNOME repository , including the TTF files for those wanting to try it out on your own. GNOME designers had previously been [4]considering the use of Inter as their default interface font for the past nine months.

Tomorrow marks the UI, feature, and API/ABI freeze for GNOME 48 along with the GNOME 48 Beta release in the coming days. GNOME 48.0 stable should be out around 15 March.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/search/GNOME+48

[2] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/gsettings-desktop-schemas/-/merge_requests/89

[3] https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/adwaita-fonts

[4] https://gitlab.gnome.org/Teams/Design/initiatives/-/issues/152