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Old 08-27-2008, 11:18 AM   #43
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Of course, one good indication of the truth of the findings is that most books -- and certainly all lengthy ones -- use serif type for the text. They will use sans serif for short passages or for tables and figures, but rarely for body text.
and another good indication is that the vast majority of texts you read on a low resolution device - like an LCD screen - from the internet is presented in sansserif font. Including this message. And your messages, and the rest of mobileread site.

serif fonts are indeed much more readable, IF you have a high resolution medium, like a printed book. With 166 DPI on the Sony Reader, the heavily hinted default sansserif font is much more readable.
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