Found a new font

[yelloguy]

My favorite font on the e-ink devices was Kindle's Caecilia. I jumped through hoops to get it on the Sony Reader and that made the Sony so much more enjoyable.

When I switched to reading on the Nook Color, I tried that font first. But it just wasn't the same on an LCD screen. Thankfully the Nook App comes with Amasis and that saved the day for me. I like the default Android font that a lot of readers use (Droid Serif, I think) but that is very common on the platform. For example, the browser uses it for websites that don't specify a font. Amasis looked very good for reading books.

Then while playing with a Honeycomb tablet in store, I found Merriweather font and I loved it. I came home and Googled it and found that it is a free font from Google. Now I use it with Aldiko reader and love the look of it.

Just sharing in the hopes that someone will benefit. Maybe I am in a minority but I think a good font makes it so much easier [for me] to read quickly and the pages are easy on the eye.

[kacir]

There are many interesting threads about fonts here, with quite a few interesting suggestions.
At the moment my favourite is Ubuntu Font http://font.ubuntu.com/

[SCION]

@yellowguy - Thanks for the recommendation. I'm using the "black" variation instead of bold on my Kobo. Now I can make the font even smaller than I normally would using bold, without sacrificing clarity! Will try it on my tablet within Mantano Reader.

[JSWolf]

Don't bother with Merriweather just yet. There is no italic and no bold italic variations.

[yelloguy]

@JSWolf: There are Black, Bold, Light and Regular variations. But I have only copied the regular one to my Aldiko directory and it works fine. I have not paid attention to see if bold and italics are done in software.
@Scion: You are welcome.
@kacir: Thanks but I am not a big fan of the ubuntu font for reading.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by yelloguy

@JSWolf: There are Black, Bold, Light and Regular variations. But I have only copied the regular one to my Aldiko directory and it works fine. I have not paid attention to see if bold and italics are done in software.

Even if the italic and bold/italic are done via the reading software, you'd still notice that it's simulated. I did post on the font creator's blog that we need italic and bold italic before we need yet another version.

[Blossom]

Originally Posted by yelloguy

My favorite font on the e-ink devices was Kindle's Caecilia. I jumped through hoops to get it on the Sony Reader and that made the Sony so much more enjoyable.

When I switched to reading on the Nook Color, I tried that font first. But it just wasn't the same on an LCD screen. Thankfully the Nook App comes with Amasis and that saved the day for me. I like the default Android font that a lot of readers use (Droid Serif, I think) but that is very common on the platform. For example, the browser uses it for websites that don't specify a font. Amasis looked very good for reading books.

Then while playing with a Honeycomb tablet in store, I found Merriweather font and I loved it. I came home and Googled it and found that it is a free font from Google. Now I use it with Aldiko reader and love the look of it.

Just sharing in the hopes that someone will benefit. Maybe I am in a minority but I think a good font makes it so much easier [for me] to read quickly and the pages are easy on the eye.

Thanks! It looks really nice on Mantano Reader. I normally use Tahoma which is a Sans Serif font. I have Caecilia but on a 3.2 inch screen is just takes up too much space. Merriweather is a nice serif font and more condensed.