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View Poll Results: Serif or Sans-Serif Preference? | |||
Serif (with the small finishing strokes) | 92 | 56.10% | |
Sans-Serif (without the small finishing strokes) | 51 | 31.10% | |
Don't Care / Don't Notice | 21 | 12.80% | |
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05-26-2011, 11:59 AM | #1 |
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Serif or Sans-Serif?
When reading on an e-Reader, do you prefer Serif or Sans-Serif fonts?
Pictures of the difference are here: http://alexpoole.info/which-are-more...erif-typefaces Last edited by anamardoll; 05-26-2011 at 12:14 PM. |
05-26-2011, 12:04 PM | #2 |
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05-26-2011, 12:10 PM | #3 |
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Poll corrected.
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05-26-2011, 12:11 PM | #4 |
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Serif for e-ink ereaders, sans-serif for LCD/backlit ereaders and screens. Not sure why I make those distinctions. The article was interesting though, thanks.
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05-26-2011, 12:13 PM | #5 |
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05-26-2011, 12:21 PM | #6 |
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San, they work better at small sizes.
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05-26-2011, 12:29 PM | #7 |
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I actually had to go get my Kindle and see what it was I was using.
Turns out, on the Kindle, I like the serifs. I switched to sans-serif to check it out and it was like looking at white noise! |
05-26-2011, 12:30 PM | #8 |
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Serif for me.
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05-26-2011, 12:35 PM | #9 |
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I generally like Sans-serif more often than not.
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05-26-2011, 12:54 PM | #10 |
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serif for reading books and newspapers
sans for magazinze, text books, blogs, etc. I voted serif though. |
05-26-2011, 01:30 PM | #11 |
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Sans most of the time.
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05-26-2011, 02:07 PM | #12 |
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I use both, depending on my inclination.
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05-26-2011, 02:08 PM | #13 |
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05-26-2011, 02:33 PM | #14 |
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I like to use fairly small text font sizes, so serifs just add noise. Sans for me.
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05-26-2011, 02:39 PM | #15 |
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Good poll. So far it is returning results as I figured. Almost an even split. It would almost depend on the font itself. But, I'm mostly into plain so voted for Sans-Serif.
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