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Most readable serif font for print and on-screen.
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Join Date: Feb 2001
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I'm really sick of Times/Times New Roman. I'm working on a long writing project and I'm looking for a font that's easy to work with (reading and editing) on-screen. And I'd also like a font that looks great and is easy to read when printed.
I'd prefer a serif font, but will settle for a sans serif if it's more readable. A quick Googling brings up lots of recommendations for Georgia and some for Century Schoolbook. Any recommendations?
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Join Date: Feb 1999
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Minion, Garamond, Stone Serif and Palatino are readable, easy to look at fonts.
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Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Nagoya, Japan • 日本 名古屋市
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Georgia probably has the best hinting of any serif font. Good hinting is what makes a font look good on a screen, and it's hard to pull of well. Among the common sans fonts, nothing comes close to the hinting of Verdana (though I wouldn't use it in print). In fact, you're probably better off with a sans on-screen, since the low resolution of an LCD or CRT negates the advantages of serifs.
On paper, you can't beat the classics like Garamond (the quintessential French face) or Baskerville (a very old and oft-copied English face). If you want your paper to ooze with trendiness, use Emigre's Mrs Eaves or Tribute (though no one is likely to notice or appreciate it).
Also, since you have a Mac, Hoefler Text is awfully good. And it's extremely full-featured: just look at the advanced typography options in any Cocoa application. (Features that don't work in Word, unfortunately.)
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Originally Posted by CaptainHaddock
Georgia probably has the best hinting of any serif font. Good hinting is what makes a font look good on a screen, and it's hard to pull of well. Among the common sans fonts, nothing comes close to the hinting of Verdana (though I wouldn't use it in print). In fact, you're probably better off with a sans on-screen, since the low resolution of an LCD or CRT negates the advantages of serifs.
On paper, you can't beat the classics like Garamond (the quintessential French face) or Baskerville (a very old and oft-copied English face). If you want your paper to ooze with trendiness, use Emigre's Mrs Eaves or Tribute (though no one is likely to notice or appreciate it).
Also, since you have a Mac, Hoefler Text is awfully good. And it's extremely full-featured: just look at the advanced typography options in any Cocoa application. (Features that don't work in Word, unfortunately.)
Cool. Thanks for the recommendations.
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