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Originally Posted by Paperbackstash
I have tried and installed several fonts since I love playing with my Paperwhite; most of us do like messing with our e-readers, otherwise why are we here on an e-reader forum?
That said, I guess I'm ultimately boring because I keep finding my favorite font is still Bookerly. I think Amazon did a great job with it, like the way it looks, and find it a smooth way to read.
There are other fonts I like, although not quite as much as Bookerly, so I leave that one on by default and forget about it for the most part.
I mainly read on my PW4 since that's my main, but since I have to keep bolded at 2 for contrast, I may miss out on some subtle nuances of the fonts like I could see on PW3.
Here are some I've enjoyed the look of with the larger bold besides Bookerly -
Georgia is great, as is CharInk.
I like Lusitana and Linux Libertine and can read on them for awhile - but preferred them on PW3.
Noto Serif is good and I can read with that one, it's one of my favorites although a little flatter than Bookerly.
Esteban Large isn't my thing long term, but if you're having eye strain it can be a good, brief change.
Default Palantino has too much spacing and flatness for me to enjoy reading with much, but it's passable - I tried the custom font Palatino Linotype, and that's better.
I do like Vollkorn for it's curves and such, but I think this one is hurt a bit on my PW4 because of the boldness settings being 2. It would look better on e-readers with sharper clarity. I don't use it on the PW4 due to that alone, but would on PW3 that I have.
Fonts I've tried and avoid
I absolutely hate Amazon Ember.
I don't get how anyone would like reading with Futura. Same for Helvetica!
I like Baskerville on the computer, but I find it hard on the eyes on the e-reader.
Gentium Book is not a bad font per se, but I find it boring and a turn-off for reading on the e-reader.
I like some parts of Caecilia, but the spacing bugs me too much and I don't like reading with it. Caecilia condensed doesn't help that because then the font is awkwardly tall.
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ChareInk is based on Charis SIL which is based on Baskerville. One font I really want to try is Monotype'a Baskerville eText. The problem is that it is very expensive.
I agree that Gentium SIL is nothing special. Bookerly is OK at best. Do not use the version in the Kindle 5.12.3 firmware as it doesn't align properly at smaller sizes. Plus, you might need to edit the metadata as it's off and can cause a problem.
I don't like reading with sans-serif fonts (for a book). They just are harder to read the. A good serif such as ChareInk. Another thing I dislike is a font with extra long defenders.