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Originally Posted by AliceWonder
Dyslexic readers I have spoken with overwhelmingly prefer sans-serif fonts, and actually quite a few of them prefer Comic Sans MS even though designers despise it.
I'm not dyslexic but my eyes are not as good as many people.
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If your book is destined for Amazon, they actually have a font on their readers specifically meant for Dyslexic readers, FWIW.
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I know they say to use Sans for headers, Serif for content - but I find it more readable to use Sans for both.
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It's your book; do what you wish.
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I usually use Helvetica Bold for headers (section titles) in LaTeX and either Clear Sans or Lucida Sans for content - but my Helvetica (and my Lucica Sans) licenses only cover Type 1 .pfb
Specify Helvetica w/o including it, and many will use Arial which is definitely not as pleasant to look at for section titles. Liberation Sans though is metric compatible w/ Helvetica and looks very good.
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Well, the thread was originally about "font best practices" and WOFF--which we all explained isn't supported.
The rest--font preferences, etc.--those are, obviously, opinions. (Albeit, granted, a number that are supported with some research into typography and typography best practices, readabiity, and so forth.) You plan to use sans fonts in your magazine, and that's your call.
As someone here explained, you cannot distribute magazines via KDP, so I'm assuming you mean it to be distro'ed via your own website, so you don't have to live with any vendors' requirements, either. That certainly gives you a lot of freedom.
Good luck.
Hitch