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As there is no formal version of the logo:

Q: What is the original Slackware font as used in the old-style Slackware-with-an-underline style logo ?

A: I've checked the main Slackware logo (name-with-underline) against some fonts,
and it looks like it's Courier, not Courier New as you have it in the FAQ.
[…]
Courier New is inappropriate because it rounds off the ends of the letters, which isn't very slack of it.

— Paul O'Leary McCann http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/grfxfaq.txt

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As there is no formal version of the logo:

* I took a capital "S" of Courier Bold © 1991 Digital Typeface Corp. (see POLM citation below)
* Used the http://www.slackware.com/favicon.ico as source

> Q: What is the original Slackware font as used in the old-style Slackware-with-an-underline style logo ?
>
> A: I've checked the main Slackware logo (name-with-underline) against some fonts,
> and it looks like it's Courier, not Courier New as you have it in the FAQ.
> […]
> Courier New is inappropriate because it rounds off the ends of the letters, which isn't very slack of it.
>
> — Paul O'Leary McCann http://www.slackware.com/~msimons/slackware/grfx/grfxfaq.txt
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edent commented Feb 22, 2026

I'm not sure. The S looks rather different from the one at https://arm.slackware.com/images/slackware.png

Looks like it needs to be squashed and the ends flatter.

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Oh, you are not bothered by the distances between the elements (^_^').
Yeah, I don't know either, the "official" description is explicit against the rounded version, but, as you posted, it is the most used version.

In a recent post from AlienBob, we can see the old and the modern logos:
https://blog.slackware.nl/a-slackware-theme-for-your-grub/

Let me know which version you prefer:

  1. Following the original rules, using Courier slackware
  2. New version, in a circle
    slackware
  3. New version, on black (as in the bootloader); I would personally prefer
    slackware

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