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troymc · 05-13-2010, 05:30 PM

I like Sans-serif fonts for interfaces, menus & such - it seems to be easier to read at a glance. But I still prefer a serif font for reading. I think that's probably another holy-war - sans vs. serif. Maybe it simply depends on what you grew up reading and are most familiar with.

I really like the droid fonts. But somehow while implementing 43,000 glyphs they managed to completely skip the couple hundred polytonic greek & hebrew characters. And since I use polytonic greek constantly, including in some book titles, that makes them a non-starter for me.

I've replaced my 505's default fonts with FreeSans, FreeSerif & FreeMono. They're definitely not the prettiest, but I now have good unicode coverage for titles & authors.

I prefer SIL's GentiumAlt for reading - and particularly for anything requiring polytonic greek.

Troy

05-13-2010, 05:30 PM	#8
troymc Groupie Posts: 161 Karma: 608 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Plano, TX Device: Sony PRS-505 + B&N Nook + Motion LE1700 + Motorola Xoom Wifi	I like Sans-serif fonts for interfaces, menus & such - it seems to be easier to read at a glance. But I still prefer a serif font for reading. I think that's probably another holy-war - sans vs. serif. Maybe it simply depends on what you grew up reading and are most familiar with. I really like the droid fonts. But somehow while implementing 43,000 glyphs they managed to completely skip the couple hundred polytonic greek & hebrew characters. And since I use polytonic greek constantly, including in some book titles, that makes them a non-starter for me. I've replaced my 505's default fonts with FreeSans, FreeSerif & FreeMono. They're definitely not the prettiest, but I now have good unicode coverage for titles & authors. I prefer SIL's GentiumAlt for reading - and particularly for anything requiring polytonic greek. Troy