What font are you using for what type of book?

[NiMa]

Hi,
The title of the thread explains the question roughly.
For me, I use something like Tribute Roman, EB Garamond, Caslon or Crimson Pro for things like Lovecraft or horror/Sci-Fi books, and something like Bookerly or Caecilia for other subjects books.
I may as well change fonts while reading while one annoys me too much, or while it seems unclear (I have very sharp eyes, and I hope they'll sell devices with 500 ppi screens soon).

And you?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by NiMa

Hi,
The title of the thread explains the question roughly.
For me, I use something like Tribute Roman, EB Garamond, Caslon or Crimson Pro for things like Lovecraft or horror/Sci-Fi books, and something like Bookerly or Caecilia for other subjects books.
I may as well change fonts while reading while one annoys me too much, or while it seems unclear (I have very sharp eyes, and I hope they'll sell devices with 500 ppi screens soon).

And you?

Personally, I tend to use one font for most books. If I need more glyphs where a book for example uses multiple quotes in Greek or Enochian, I will switch fonts. Most fonts that are not intended for eInk tend to be too light so I will use the demi-bold variants or manually modify the font which is not all that much fun.

[NiMa]

Originally Posted by DNSB

Personally, I tend to use one font for most books. If I need more glyphs where a book for example uses multiple quotes in Greek or Enochian, I will switch fonts. Most fonts that are not intended for eInk tend to be too light so I will use the demi-bold variants or manually modify the font which is not all that much fun.

I tend to use Crimson Pro for my daily readings when Bookerly annoys me. I like Cormorant but it's WAAAY too light for me. In semi-bold, it looks strange. Crimson Pro look like it's been optimized for eInk.

[ps67]

My preferences are not related to genres but to kind of file.

Bookerly is my preferred font for Epub (with some exploration of Literata and Georgia Pro).

For Kepub I currently use Roboto Slab (alternatives are Bitter and Lexia Dama).

[rcentros]

Accidental double post when trying to edit the original post. Sorry.

[rcentros]

Originally Posted by NiMa

And you?

Almost exclusively Constantia for all devices (that allow side-loaded fonts) and all books. Even on the readers that won't allow side-loaded fonts, I'll often embed Constantia into the book via Calibre.

[NiMa]

Originally Posted by ps67

My preferences are not related to genres but to kind of file.
Bookerly is my preferred font for Epub (with some exploration of Literata and Georgia Pro).
For Kepub I currently use Roboto Slab (alternatives are Bitter and Lexia Dama).

I agree. Roboto Slab. Is a good font. I also have Bitter in my Libra. I switch between fonts often, I may have about 30 on my device.

[NiMa]

Originally Posted by rcentros

Almost exclusively Constantia for all devices (that allow side-loaded fonts) and all books. Even on the readers that won't allow side-loaded fonts, I'll often embed Constantia into the book via Calibre.

Constantia seems to be a good choice. It wouldn't be my first, though, but everyone has its preferences!
Instead of Constantia I'd use Athelas, for my part.

[Sirtel]

My font preferences vary not according to genres, but according to ereaders. I use CharisSIL Modified Larger on my Kindles, LexiaDaMa on my Kobo and DejaVu Serif Eink (modified by a MR member) on my Nook.

[JSWolf]

I mostly use the ChareInk font for eBook with words.

[astrangerhere]

I use the IBM Plex Serif Semi Bold for everything. I really like the Plex and the weight of the semi-bold.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by astrangerhere

I use the IBM Plex Serif Semi Bold for everything. I really like the Plex and the weight of the semi-bold.

That's a pretty good looking font. Do you use IBM Plex Sans for sans-serif?

[NiMa]

IBM Plex Sans and Serif are pretty good fonts, just maybe... a little bit... harsh.
But it looks beautiful, though.
Plex Serif seems to be a strange mix between classic serif fonts and modern Sans Serif fonts, but it looks OK.
Plex Sans is great, only in my Kobo I have some problems with the weight, the font always showing in "light" forms instead of "Regular".
However, with Plato or KOReader, this solves a part of the problem.

[Sirtel]

Originally Posted by NiMa

Plex Sans is great, only in my Kobo I have some problems with the weight, the font always showing in "light" forms instead of "Regular".
However, with Plato or KOReader, this solves a part of the problem.

Kobo is very capricious in regard to fonts. I had to edit many of my custom fonts with FontForge, otherwise Kobo didn't display them correctly.

Well, Kindles are capricious too, but a bit less than a Kobo.

[hobnail]

These are all for the body font of course.

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