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by Zekio 932 days ago
Serif fonts read terribly on displays of basically any size and dpi, I don't even use them when reading books on e-ink displays
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Shorel 932 days ago
That's your (arguably wrong) opinion.

Some of the most beautiful and enjoyable fonts I have used in my 300-dpi e-book reader have serifs.

- Ancizar

- Bookerly

- Imperial (the one used by NYTimes)

- Palatino

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Zekio 932 days ago
and yet the default font on a kindle is still a sans serif font named Amazon Ember
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Shorel 932 days ago
I also like that one.

And Calibri, which is a font that can't decide if it wants to have serifs or not.

I can't have enough fonts.

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checkyoursudo 932 days ago
Serif fonts read fine on any screen with at least a pixel density of Apple's Retina displays. Subjective preferences are another matter, of course. I prefer serifs even on worse displays, because my brain decodes them better. And I will basically refuse to read sans serif in print, or rather, my brain refuses to comply anyway.
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