02-23-2009, 06:18 PM | #1 |
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Which font do you use?
Just out of curiosity, I was wondering what font people prefear to read their books in. Currently I primarily use Verdana, but I just started experimenting with installing fonts. I started by installing Times New Roman as that was the only one I actually kew the name of.
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02-23-2009, 08:55 PM | #2 |
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I generally use Constantia.
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02-24-2009, 01:45 AM | #3 |
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02-24-2009, 01:53 AM | #4 |
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I use "Warnock Pro SmBd". Looks very good when using "small" fonts.
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02-24-2009, 02:00 AM | #5 |
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I use Bitstream Vera Sans.
This version is specialy made for the Cybook by Icehand. It gives more lines on a page than the standard Verdana. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=22374 |
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02-24-2009, 02:50 AM | #6 |
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I use Gentium Book Basic. I find it more easy on the eyes than Bitstream Vera Sans. That way I can use a font size one step smaller so I get even more lines on my screen
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02-24-2009, 03:00 AM | #7 |
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I use "Georgia", but the Windows version of it, not the version supplied with the CyBook. The Windows version of the font has a somewhat wider interline spacing, which I prefer.
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02-24-2009, 04:07 AM | #8 |
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Fontin, at the moment. A free, elegant, serif font, that might even be described as semi-serif. Comes in Roman, Italic and Bold (alas, no bold-italic at the moment).
http://www.josbuivenga.demon.nl/fontin.html |
02-24-2009, 04:48 AM | #9 |
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I used Lucida Bright for a while, but there was something distracting in it... I seem to remember I was not satisfied with the hyphens and dashes too.
Then I chose Constantia. It was almost perfect, but the old-style numbers didn't look right in some situations, like chapter headings. Now I use Droid Serif, and I'm fully satisfied, I have not grown tired of it, and everytime I try another font, I quickly return to Droid. (The only "quirk" so far is that it does not seem to include diacritics for Cyrillic... but I don't read Cyrillic anyway.) |
02-24-2009, 06:01 AM | #10 |
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I use Lucida Sans and like it better than Verdana which is the two fonts I have used most.
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Is the icehand font as complete as the deja vu? |
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02-24-2009, 10:41 AM | #12 |
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Hi
I use Arial Narrow adapted with using Icehand techniques mentioned above, so I get more text and more lines in the screen. Best regards, |
02-24-2009, 01:38 PM | #13 |
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I'm currently trying Calibri (from Vista), interesting one, particularly clear with small size.
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02-24-2009, 02:08 PM | #14 |
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I use the Droid font-family: http://www.droidfonts.com/droidfonts/
Download available here: http://damieng.com/blog/2007/11/14/d...oogle-ascender |
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I have no experience with deja vu, so I can't tell you about any differences. |
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