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Old 11-27-2014, 02:49 PM   #226
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Thanks for that explanation. I am not knowledgeable about fonts, so I'm learning. Thanks!
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Old 11-27-2014, 11:49 PM   #227
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To my eyes Georgia is a nice neutral-looking font that displays well on screens, with good weight. To me it's virtually "transparent" - I don't notice the font particularly when I'm reading with Georgia, possibly because it's very similar to a paper-book look. And it looks great at smaller sizes, without either squishing together or being too squat.

My eyes hate Caecilia. It's just clunky and hideous.
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Old 11-28-2014, 05:41 AM   #228
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To my eyes Georgia is a nice neutral-looking font that displays well on screens, with good weight. To me it's virtually "transparent" - I don't notice the font particularly when I'm reading with Georgia, possibly because it's very similar to a paper-book look. And it looks great at smaller sizes, without either squishing together or being too squat.

My eyes hate Caecilia. It's just clunky and hideous.
I cannot say how good Georgia is or not on an H2O. But I agree that Cecilia is a poor choice as a base reading font. What was Amazon thinking of bringing that ugly font to the public?
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I cannot say how good Georgia is or not on an H2O. But I agree that Cecilia is a poor choice as a base reading font. What was Amazon thinking of bringing that ugly font to the public?
To offer an alternate viewpoint, I find Cecilia to be a lot clearer than Georgia. Everyone has their own preferences in these matters. I used Cecilia on my Kobo H2O, and also use it on my Kindle Voyage.
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To offer an alternate viewpoint, I find Cecilia to be a lot clearer than Georgia. Everyone has their own preferences in these matters. I used Cecilia on my Kobo H2O, and also use it on my Kindle Voyage.
I also selected Cecilia on my H2O. I have only had it for a couple of weeks but so far I do prefer Cecilia over the other fonts.
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I also selected Cecilia on my H2O. I have only had it for a couple of weeks but so far I do prefer Cecilia over the other fonts.
Try my modified Charis SIL. I think you might find it better then Cecilia.

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Old 11-28-2014, 10:11 AM   #232
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Out of all the preloaded fonts on the Kobo's, my personal preference by far is Amasis. I wish Amazon would have included this choice on their Kindles. I don't mind Caecilia too much, but have started to embed either JS Wolf's modified Charis SL or another font that a user (sorry can't remember who) posted to this forum a while ago--"DejaVu Serif E-ink" for books I put on my Kindle. I do wish Amazon hadn't disabled the easy hack for adding your own fonts to the Kindle!
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Old 11-28-2014, 10:51 AM   #233
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Thanks, everyone. I know that for some fonts just naming it one thing doesn't mean everyone is downloading the exact same font either. I had a client who wanted Palentino on the front for the title--but there were several variations on Paletino and I didn't have the one he had. He had one that was for purchase only. Fonts can be a real pain in the patoot.

But I hadn't heard of the Georgia one. I tried it out and quite liked it.
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Old 11-28-2014, 03:07 PM   #234
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My modified version of Charis SIlL that I linked above have some big advantages when embedded on a Kindle (KF8).

1. Not Cecilia
2. Fixes the wide line height in KF8.
3. Looks really good
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Out of all the preloaded fonts on the Kobo's, my personal preference by far is Amasis. I wish Amazon would have included this choice on their Kindles...
Same here.
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Old 11-29-2014, 04:01 PM   #236
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Same here.
Another font for me to investigate! Thx!
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Amasis is too similar to Caecilia which is why it doesn't look good.
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Amasis is too similar to Caecilia which is why it doesn't look good.
Jon, please stop equating your personal preferences with "the absolute truth". The fact that you personally don't like the appearance of the Caecilia font doesn't make it a bad font.
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Amasis is too similar to Caecilia which is why it doesn't look good.
They're both slab serifs, but the resemblance ends there for me - Amasis has some nice thickness variation and elegance, very different from Caecilia's square, clunky shapes (which are very suitable for a much less high-res screen than those available today).
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