[Skinjob]

I've done extensive testing of a lot of fonts, on my Kobo Glo. Not just for readability, which is what everyone else does.... but also, for how well each font pulls you into the content.

My ultimate choice was "Georgia E-Ink". A nicely heavy, weighty font, usually with extra weight applied. It provided not just readability (for my decaying eyes), but the pace that I was looking for.

....Only lately, I've been testing the "Publisher's Default" font. And so long as it is sized large enough, I am becoming convinced that it is better than my old stand-by, Georgia E-Ink. Perhaps because it is not too heavy, so far, I find I'm reading at a faster pace, with good retention, and an even more comfortable experience.

Now, what is this font?? Well, I looked at the CSS for the book with the serif/sans mixed in the body of the text, and simply "serif" is specified. This means, it is using my Kobo's default serif font, which is "Georgia". Using Calibre's KoboUtilities, I now specify "Georgia" as the default font for all books. I find it is quite comparable to what you typically see in print books.

I've also compared "Bookerly" to Georgia, and superficially, most would have a hard time telling the two apart. At least, in a single line of text. Just a very slightly different curvature to some of the letters, that's not the least bit apparent. The most obvious difference, is in the spacing. "Bookerly" changes the layout quite a lot, enough to put paragraphs on different pages. Because even though both fonts were set at the exact same size, Bookerly produces 14 line pages (at this size), Georgia does 15 line pages. Yet both appear to be the same size font! I still had a hard time choosing, but what gave Georgia the edge over Bookerly, is that it had a better 'feel', during reading.

So, this to say, I used to not give a second thought to the Publisher's Default font, and now it's become my default!