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Originally Posted by tompe
but who is using serif fonts on a computer monitor?
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I only use serif fonts. I have made my browser (epiphany) to apply my custom CSS on all webpages so that I only read the Web with serif fonts. I also use only serif in openoffice documents or other stuff, and I have changed the font settings of my OS (Debian/GNOME) to use serif fonts for the menus and button text etc...
I have also changed the font on my BeBook to a serif font. I really hate sans-serif fonts and can't read them easily since the serifs help me to distinguish the letters (eg l from I).
My biggest problem with PDFs is that if the author has chosen sans-serif I cannot change it (easily).
Also on Wikipedia, sometimes I want to read Wikipedia on another computer where I have not applied my custom CSS for serif fonts, so I have a user account there that uses my own stylesheet that replaces Wikipedia's sans-serif font with a serif one, so when I want to read the wiki from another computer I just log in with that account.
Sometimes I wonder why some people prefer sans-serif fonts since to me they look very difficult to read and distinguish the letters from one another.
Furthermore, when I say that I like serifs, I mean long real strong serifs. Not the short pseudo-serifs that come with the DjVu fonts, but the real long serifs that come with FreeFont or Liberation fonts (or Times New Roman).
Note, though, that I like reading with large font size on big monitors. I have a 24" monitor at 1440x900 and my serif font size is 16pt. The reason, though, is not the serifs but the condition of my tired eyes, albeit I will admit that serifs are better seen in large fonts rather than the usual small fonts that most people use for their monitors.