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Originally Posted by scruffs
Sans is actually easier to read on a device, particularly for users with certain visual or cognitive conditions.
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And they will have selected the font that works best for them and won't have to contend with your doppelganger that wants to impose a serif font on them.
My original reader, a Kindle 2 (167dpi) has no user choice for font except size and uses a serif font for body text. I never gave that any thought. My next reader, a Pocketbook 360 (200dpi) allows user choice of fonts. I experimented and selected a sans serif font which was also the out of box default.
The K4 added an option to select a condensed or a sans serif font or the standard from earlier Kindles. Based on my experience with the PB360 and the reading about fonts I had done, I expected that I would go with sans serif, but ended up choosing condensed.
Over time amazon added 300 dpi displays and more font choices, including the much hyped Bookerly. I tried them and stuck with Caecilia Condensed.
After spending time and effort configuring a device for font face, font size, side margin, and line spacing, I would be very annoyed to find a book overriding any of those.