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And I understand why some people are fonts enthusiasts, now.
On the console, you only have 256 colors and 1 font to customize your "desktop".
How about a console with cursive writing font? That's probably the reason why it's named cursive. Because of all the curses of the users.
You can Install more fonts, but not all of them are any good.