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View Poll Results: Do you prefer Serif or Sans Serif Fonts for reading? | |||
Serif | 29 | 65.91% | |
Sans Serif | 15 | 34.09% | |
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02-19-2009, 12:00 PM | #1 |
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Serif or Sans Serif for readability?
Serif Font on top, Sans Serif on bottom.
Which do you prefer? Also if you have a specific font please say so. I am curious what people like. Myself... I like Sans Serif, but I think most books, if not all, that I have bought on Amazon for the Kindle have been Serif. Last edited by kilofox; 02-19-2009 at 12:19 PM. |
02-19-2009, 12:05 PM | #2 |
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Sans serif is easier on my eyes, because it doesn't have the distracting "decorations" around each letter.
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02-19-2009, 12:20 PM | #3 |
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There is a reason why virtually all books are printed in Serif fonts - it's what the majority of people prefer.
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02-19-2009, 12:20 PM | #4 |
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Personally I have a slight preference for a serif font on screen. I'm just more comfortable with them, but I have no problem with sans-serif fonts on screen most of the time. (I've bought some ebooks that were sans serif and got used to them fairly quickly).
Paper's a different story. I cannot stand sans serif fonts in general, or Arial in particular on any printed document over 10 pages or so. It's just a pain to read. Online it's no big deal - but Arial on paper is a mess. Since I do a lot of manuscript work, I generally leave any word-processing software set to something with serifs for anyone who has to use a printout of the document. |
02-19-2009, 12:30 PM | #5 |
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In the end... I can deal with either. I just find San Serif more "relaxing" to my eyes. I tend to see more Sans Serif online than I do in paper.
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02-19-2009, 12:33 PM | #6 | |
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02-19-2009, 12:39 PM | #7 | |
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The vast majority of text that appears on screen is in sans-serif. With the possible exception of text inside Text Processors, or DTP programs. Sans serif is much more readable on a low resolution medium. And e-ink *is* low resolution medium and will remain low resolution medium until it doubles its dpi to at least 300. let's have a look, once again at quote from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans_serif ---- quote ---- Sans-serif fonts have become the de facto standard for body text on-screen, especially online. This is partly because interlaced displays may show twittering on the fine details of the horizontal serifs. However, the resolution of digital displays in general can make fine details like serifs disappear or appear too large. ---- end of quote ---- |
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02-19-2009, 12:43 PM | #8 | |
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See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapid_S...l_Presentation and try some of the programs. Try different fonts and see how many words per minute you can comfortably read |
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02-19-2009, 12:44 PM | #9 |
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The pool question is very unclear.
I propose What font do you prefer for reading ON [e-ink] SCREEN? Serif Sans Serif |
02-19-2009, 01:36 PM | #10 |
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02-19-2009, 04:48 PM | #11 |
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I actually prefer sans serif, though it's hard to find anything printed in it.
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02-19-2009, 05:30 PM | #12 |
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I strongly prefer serif when reading a book. But I'd rather see sans serif on a website, because I like to use a fairly small text size and most serif fonts get distracting to me at smaller sizes.
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02-19-2009, 05:42 PM | #13 |
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San serif on low resolution devices like a Cybook (Lucida Sans) and serif on paper.
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02-19-2009, 06:01 PM | #14 |
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The font used on the Kindle (1) is a very crisp serif font. Even though the e-Ink screen isn't as high-res as print, this font displays very nicely and is easy on the eyes. I'd have to pick up my Sony reader -- and it's currently asleep in my backpack -- to check and see what fonts have been used in the couple of purchased books I have. The majority of books I have on the Sony were created using Calibre and I haven't gotten my hands around setting a font other than the default. Might be worth some experimenting.
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02-19-2009, 06:04 PM | #15 |
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I read my first e-books on PDAs like Palm or Sony CLIe. On those I preferred a sans-serif font for better readability. On E Ink screens I find serif fonts rather pleasant to look at, so most of my self-made texts are now in serif.
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