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Old 08-12-2024, 03:27 PM   #85
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Device: Kobo Aura Edition 2, Kobo Clara 2E
Serif
  1. EB Garamond
  2. Georgia
  3. ChareInk6

I don't do sans-serif. I usually start with something from the list above and around 5-10% into the book I place a new sans-serif substitute in. Here are the substitutes for when the embedded CSS demands it (only based on context):

Sans-serif subtitutes
  • Quattrocentro(works especially well when used for texts/emails/personal notes. Faux italic is not half bad.)
  • Courier New(Computer systems, errors, labels etc)
  • Ubuntu(only applicable to extreme sci-fi, like Harlan Ellison stories)

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My favorite is by far EB Garamond, but it needs personalization.

I haven't been able to use it on default reader of Nickel where there are tons of rendering issues. A few weeks ago I decided to give KOReader a try and with the customizations it offers, EB Garamond is back on the menu. It looks so good; but without KOReader, it's impossible.

Also worth mentioning that it doesn't work with all books, like sci-fi. But when it works, it's perfect. Reading The Wager with EB Garamond was an absolute bliss.
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