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Originally Posted by John F
This seems counterintuitive to me. The lack of serifs seems ideal for eink screens, especially at smaller text sizes.
Or are you stating a personal preference?
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Well, typography is a strange field, it is immensely personal, yet has accepted practices and guidelines.
Historically, sans serif developed for display. That means pamphlets, signs, titles and such. With the invention of screens, they found a new place for themselves. As we all know, early screens were very low on pixel density; they didn't show serifs very well. They were quite terrible in fact. That was only reason they made their foray into body text, for screens that could not show serifs.
Now, with our high definition screens, there is not much need for them in body text. They have their place in menus and such. eInk screens nowadays are 300 ppi, that is quite high and enough to render serifs perfectly in body.
So, my statement is personal taste supported by page design guidelines. No objective facts, guidelines.