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Antonio · 01-23-2007, 02:56 PM

Alright, I am looking at the font test on my reader, and have to say that Helvetica, Bookman and Utopia look much better than Times or Palatino.

So it would seem that any font that goes really thin on the curved parts of letters such as 's' and 'o' is going to look too light for the reader, unless it is quite big, and in bold. For instance, the identifying line "Font size 14 - Inter 15" looks fantastically clear.

Any of the three mentioned above are fine from a legibility standpoint, but I for one would say that Helvetica is the more aesthetically pleasing of the bunch, as well as the most generic, and so I'd vote for that being the default.

I do love the look of the books off the site, but I have found as well that they do look lighter (or less dark) than, for instance, the books downloaded from manybooks.com. I wonder what font is used in the standard "Sony" books on that site.

01-23-2007, 02:56 PM	#51
Antonio Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony Reader	Fonts response Alright, I am looking at the font test on my reader, and have to say that Helvetica, Bookman and Utopia look much better than Times or Palatino. So it would seem that any font that goes really thin on the curved parts of letters such as 's' and 'o' is going to look too light for the reader, unless it is quite big, and in bold. For instance, the identifying line "Font size 14 - Inter 15" looks fantastically clear. Any of the three mentioned above are fine from a legibility standpoint, but I for one would say that Helvetica is the more aesthetically pleasing of the bunch, as well as the most generic, and so I'd vote for that being the default. I do love the look of the books off the site, but I have found as well that they do look lighter (or less dark) than, for instance, the books downloaded from manybooks.com. I wonder what font is used in the standard "Sony" books on that site.