Maecenas ac nisl metus, ac tristique mauris. Etiam lectus felis, convallis eu aliquet sit amet, ullamcorper ac nunc. Fusce quis sem sed nisi convallis cursus. Nulla ultrices nunc nec velit ultricies ullamcorper. Suspendisse tincidunt purus quis risus rutrum id rhoncus nisl auctor. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae Nullam at nunc purus. Maecenas porta, lectus eget adipiscing dapibus, eros nunc varius urna, non malesuada ipsum justo eget est. Vestibulum ante ipsum primis in faucibus orci luctus et ultrices posuere cubilia Curae Duis et convallis eros. Integer non metus mauris, id ultricies magna. Pellentesque nunc orci, vestibulum vitae fringilla hendrerit, auctor quis lacus. Morbi ac tellus quis est imperdiet congue. Donec consectetur vehicula augue, vitae ornare urna condimentum id. “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Here is the sample paragraph, in case someone wants to try this themselves: Using text you don't understand lets you concentrate on the appearance rather than the meaning. Having found three serif, three sans serif, and two monospaced fonts that met the first requirement, I compared the color and spacing of each on a sample screen page consisting of two identical paragraphs of “lorem ipsum” text (courtesy of each marked up in one font. No general need for font variants or features.Īt this point, the Dejavu fonts were my favorite. Select as each particular book, passage or character suggests.
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men's and women's handwriting for letters, notes, decorative, etc.): These vary in style greatly, and many are available at free font sites (e.g.
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"Courier New" and “Courier” covers Windows and Mac for now, but not Linux and e-book readers. I have yet to find a suitable typewriter font. Judged not as suitable as those above: FreeMono. Judged suitable as a screen font: Dejavu Sans Mono and Liberation Mono (there is no PT Mono). Mono text font tests: Fonts must display decently at 6-8 pts, have R/I/B/BI and, preferably, small caps. PT Serif caption (very legible at small sizes, but there is no bold) Fell fonts, Linux Libertine, Old Standard, TexGyreBonum, TGPagella, TexGyreSchola, TexGyreHermes.įairly suitable, but judged superfluous in the end: Droid Serif, Gentium Basic, Gentium Book Basic, Tinos. Judged not as suitable as those above: Bergamo, Crimson Text, FreeSerif, I.M. (Microsoft Constantia, Cambria, and Times New Roman were used for comparison.) Judged suitable as a screen font: Dejavu Serif, Dejavu Serif Condensed, PT Serif, Liberation Serif. Serif text fonts: Fonts must display decently at 6-8 pts, have R/I/B/BI, small caps, lining and text figures, and basic Latin ligatures. PT Sans narrow (not as legible in small sizes as Dejavu Sans condensed) PT Sans caption (very legible at small sizes, but there is no italic) Liberation Sans narrow (not as legible in small sizes as Dejavu Sans condensed) Droid Sans would be listed here too, but it has no italic. Lato is worth revisiting later in 2011 if/when the character set is expanded. All these do have bold/italic variants.įairly suitable, but judged superfluous in the end: Arimo, Lato, and Nobile. I judged not as suitable as those above: Aller, Aurulent Sans, Candela, CartoGothic, FreeSans, Iwona, Kurier, Linux Biolinum, TexGyreAdventor, TexGyreHeros. No wonder people think Verdana is highly readable – the lower case and numerals are huge in comparison to all the others!) (I used Microsoft Verdana, Segoe UI, Arial, Corbel, and Calibri for comparison. Judged suitable as a screen body text font: Dejavu Sans, Liberation Sans, PT Sans, and Dejavu Sans Condensed. A font that struggles at 8 pt doesn't magically turn great at 10 pt. I say 6-8 pts not because I intend to read long passages at such small sizes, but because I think legibility at small sizes is a very good, and easy to evaluate, indicator of quality at larger text sizes (9-14 pts). I'd like to be able to share the books I format with anyone.Ĭriteria for sans serif text fonts: Fonts should display decently at 6-8 pts, have R/I/B/BI (regular, italics, bold, bold italics), small caps, lining and text figures, and basic Latin ligatures.
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The following is a (long) summary of my search so far.Ĭriteria for all fonts: Fonts must be free (no charge), and must have a license that allows use, distribution and modification. I think the key fonts to choose are those for body text, since that is what one spends almost all one's time looking at. I want this both as an avid reader and as an ebook formatter. I am researching very nice (very readable and enjoyable) screen fonts for reading ebooks, either in HTML or EPUB format.