05-12-2010, 03:20 PM | #1 |
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Most readable fonts for those with less than perfect vision?
Hi not exactly a Calibre question, but someone might know.
I am over sixty and have a hard time sometimes reading Sony 600 in low light. I crank up the size and this helps but with spacing between paragraphs or even without in large I get about 4-5 ugly lines per page. This is ok but could be better.I will make a test paragraph of two and format in several fonts/sizes and see what I see best. I am asking for suggestions as to where to start as there are a lot of fonts out there. Or if anyone knows of a font testing file/program for Sony 600 I can read pbooks fine in low light but the eink and small bit of glare makes it harder. Thanks for any advice Helen |
05-12-2010, 08:53 PM | #2 |
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Hi, Helen
I like Charis SIL or Georgia on my PRS-505. I also believe DejaVu is quite popular. |
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05-13-2010, 02:50 AM | #3 |
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Thanks will try and locate
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05-13-2010, 09:47 AM | #4 |
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If you have a Windows PC you should find the 4 files of the Georgia family in c:\windows\fonts
Google should locate the other two easily enough. |
05-13-2010, 03:48 PM | #5 |
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You might be interested in this epub I created.
It shows 14 different common fonts (plus your default & generics). They're not in any specific order - just kinda paired sans/serif. Arial The text is Lorem Impsum + a polytonic greek excerpt + hebrew excerpt. (so don't be surprised if you see lots of missing characters - that's intentional.)Times New Roman Verdana Georgia DejaVu Sans DejaVu Serif Liberation Sans Liberation Serif Free Sans Free Serif Fontin Sans Fontin SIL Andika SIL GentiumAlt SIL Ezra But with the lorem ipsum you should be able to get an idea of what each font looks like on your reader. (Assuming it supports epubs & embedded fonts.) Troy |
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05-13-2010, 03:54 PM | #6 |
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I tried quite a few fonts before settling on Droid. It was developed by Google for the Android mobile. In my opinion, it is the best on my Sony PRS-505.
http://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/Droid-Sans Last edited by edbro; 05-13-2010 at 03:56 PM. |
05-13-2010, 04:43 PM | #7 |
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Totally agree with edbro ; favor the san serif Fonts:
Google Droid-Sans or on Microsoft Windows, Calibri. |
05-13-2010, 05:30 PM | #8 |
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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 |
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