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Old 12-03-2019, 06:01 PM   #60
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The Chareink mentioned upthread is serviceable but too heavy to my eye. I find it tiring and prefer the original Charis SIL. Charis does have the advantage of including a very complete set of glyphs, so "foreign" languages will display properly. There seems to be a majority on Mobileread that prefers heavy and dark font rendering; I guess this suits them.
I like the heavier fonts on eInk where they are more easily readable. Too many fonts look good on a LCD display but look thin and light on an eInk screen.

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Note that there is a difference between intelligibility at a quick glance, and long term reading comfort.

I've chosen all serifed fonts here. Back when screens were in the 85-120 dpi range I often found sans serif fonts more legible, but now that dpi has reached 300dpi and up I have switched over to serifed fonts as being the more comfortable read.
For the amount of reading I do, I want the long term reading comfort but I also want legibility.

As for serif vs. san serif? My personal choice is serif but I do know some people who swear they read "better" with sans serif fonts. The only issue is that they never seem to be able for formulate exactly what "better" is.
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