which font do you use?

[tozka]

I found this thread on the Mobileread forums which discuss preferred eInk fonts, and it got me wondering what everybody here uses.

For me, I switched to Bookerly once it became available and never looked back. I also typically read at size 6-7!

What about you? What's your favorite eInk font?

Here's the suggested fonts from the Mobileread thread:

Alegreya
Atkinson Hyperlegible
Bitter
Bookerly
ChareInk
Charis SIL 6.200
Crimson Pro
Crimson Text
EB Garamond
Fern Text
FreightText Pro
Gentium Book
Georgia
Gill Sans
Lexend Dexa
LexiaDama
Literata
Luciole
Rakuten Serif
Rowan
Verdana Pro Condensed

Comments

[ninetydegrees]

My old Kindle has few fonts and I've never installed more. I use Amazon Ember or Helvetica in size 8 or more (depends if I have my glasses :).

[tozka]

Happy to find someone else who reads with a larger font! Seems like everyone else online is at, like, sizes 1-3. :P

[ninetydegrees]

high fives I wonder how that compares to printed books? I mean I've always found text on "modern" computers and a lot of cheap paperbacks too small to be read comfortably even when I didn't have presbyopia.

[tozka]

Honestly, part of the reason I got SO into ebooks is because I could bump the font up a size or two. Even if I set the ereader to a similar font size as a paper book, it's easier to read-- I think because of the backlight, honestly.

[the_other_sandy]

I tried out most? all? of the fonts when I got my first e-reader maybe 15 years ago, settled on Georgia, and just stuck with it. It's just more restful on the eyes for me, although I'm not sure why.

I'm not sure what size font I use--Kobo has an unmarked slider and I'm about 1/3 of the way along.

[yourlibrarian]

Interesting question! I can't recall if I knew my eReader had font choices. I'm assuming if it does I chose a default a long time ago and I don't know what it is.

I read at at least a 10 point font. My biggest problem at this point has become focus as much as size, so although larger helps any kind of sustained reading without my glasses isn't possible.

I'm a big fan of Hyperlegible

[jesse_the_k]

...which I can use when I'm reading on iPad/iPhone. Both my visual MapleRead app and my audio EasyReader app support the optimized-for-legibility font Atkinson Hyperlegible, available free from Google Fonts.

On my Kobo Libra 2, I use the beta "Large Print mode" set to 150%. I have been using Caecilia, a bold slab serif, but as I was researching how to spell that, I JUST discovered that I can side-load fonts on to my Kobo! so I'm going to try out installing Hyperlegible.

Re: I'm a big fan of Hyperlegible

[tozka]

That's so cool! I wonder if I could side-load fonts to Kindle, too. I'll have to do some research.

[lobelia321]

Helvetica bold

[amalthia]

These are my font preferences:

1) Times New Roman - It's great for small fonts
2) FreeSerif - Looks just like Times New Roman but it's free
3) Georgia - I can live with this font. :)

I read somewhere that serif fonts were used for printed newspapers becuase you can fit a lot of text at a small size and still be readable.

I'm tempted to try out the list of fonts to see if I find anything I like more than Times New Roman or Georgia.

[tozka]

I'm also tempted to try some of these other fonts!

[amalthia]

The hard part is finding downloads for some of the fonts, for example "Rakuten Serif" is only available on Kobo devices as far as I can tell.

[thrilleddumpling]

I sideloaded a ton of fonts on my kobo, but in the end I use almost always the same: Avenir Next or Sylexiad Sans Medium, both sans serifs. I like Kobo Nickel but the line spacing irritates me *is grumpy*

On the days when I'm tired or I have a headache, OpenDyslexic or Atkinson Hyperlegible are life saviours.

I have no idea what size my font is, but it's pretty big. I change the font weight too, so most of the fonts I use look pretty bold.

[tozka]

I just jailbroke my Kindle so I could use KOreader and trying to get the perfect line height/line spacing/margins/font combo is driving me nuts!

[thrilleddumpling]

KOReader is fantastic! :D The thing is that at the beginning you're going to go nuts trying to find the perfect settings, but once you do? You're set for life :D

I love tinkering, so I sideloaded KOr along with NickelMenu and a few other things. The one that is probably not useful to anyone but me is NanoClock, a tiny persistent clock in the right corner on the screen that updates the time when I refresh the page. That way I can immerse myself in my books without having to check the time on my phone ^_^

[rabbitindisguise]

I use a nook and I like all the default fonts, but I find myself using the sans-serif fonts in Sci-Fi works and Georgia or something similar for fantasy novels. I typically change them from book to book to fit the mood of it if it doesn't already have a suggested font in the ebook. Do some people consistently keep the same favorite font across all books? I hadn't even considered that as an option before now.

Lowkey sad that the nook doesn't allow a lot of user modifications like changing the fonts and other aspects of the book. Love the nook glow 4+ but there are some drawbacks over more open source e-ink devices