Modernise font: use system font stack to improve text readability and webpage performance #176
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The primary font used for by this theme is Lucida Grande.
By default, this is only used on macOS:
macOS
On other platforms, the browser uses the more common Arial:
Windows, Linux, Android, iPhone
History
Lucida Grande used to be the system font on Macs from 1999 to 2014, and was used by websites such as apple.com, facebook.com and twitter.com.
I can't think of any other big websites still using Lucida Grande. To me it looks dated, and I find it hard to read.
System font stack
I recommend we update to the so-called "system font stack".
Benefits according to https://systemfontstack.com:
Many sites use a system font stack:
See more on the history and rationale.
Preview
macOS
https://python-docs-theme-previews--176.org.readthedocs.build/en/176/