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PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours ago

What's your favorite font for reading ebooks?

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What's your favorite font for reading ebooks?

PumpkinDrama@reddthat.com to Linux@lemmy.mlEnglish · 22 hours ago
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  • Clocks [They/Them]@lemmy.ml
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    Shantell Sans

  • Kornblumenratte@feddit.org
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    Antykwa Torunski.

  • eutampieri@feddit.it
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    http://vollkorn-typeface.com/ And I’m surprised that no one mentioned it yet

  • communism@lemmy.ml
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    Any serif font is fine by me. I’ve been going with whatever Zathura’s default epub font is.

  • garcin@lemmy.ml
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    During last year, I have been using Liberation Serif on my Kobo Clara Reader.

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    Roboto, Droid, Dejavu, Liberation. Only Sans Serif.

  • Presently42@lemmy.ca
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    Noto Serif

  • nullptr@lemmy.sdf.org
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    10 hours ago

    comics sans

  • sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today
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    13 hours ago

    Atkinson Hyperlegible Next from the Braille Institute

    • mfat@lemmy.ml
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      Thanks. Had never heard of this one.

  • moonburster@lemmy.world
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    Georgia

  • Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml
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    14 hours ago

    you can change fonts on ebooks?

    • MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip
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      The whole point of ebooks is that the reader decides the look, vs. PDF.

    • airbornestar@lemmy.zip
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      You can always change the font on your ebook reader. I know Calibre has the option.

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    OpenDyslexic. I used to hate reading. Read one and a half books this year. Also 3 novella’s. For fun! I never read for fun. Usually just programming books to get my feet wet before jumping into documentation. Never an entire book cover to cover unless Im obsessed enough.

    I was sceptical but it really does help.

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      What I came to suggest. This font is amazing.

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      10 hours ago

      Ty

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      but it really does help

      depends on the person and symptoms. I was the opposite of sceptical, but when I tried it, I was super disappointed, because reading suddenly became MUCH more difficult.

      The non-open dyslexiefont is what helped me. Even though the differences seem minor.

      But the best solution for me is modern TTS while reading along.

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        Yeah this font made me dyslexic

      • erebion@news.erebion.eu
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        I also sometimes does TTS while reading along, but most of the time I’m doing it it just means I should get some rest instead of forcing more focus (AuDHD).

    • erebion@news.erebion.eu
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      Is there any science in this? I believe this might just be a preference. :D

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        As i understand it we dyslexic people read more in blocks of words among other issues with order of letters and or sounds. Easily two words can become confused with each other if the look enough alike. Take defiantly and definitely, two words I often mistake for one another and often have trouble spelling individually. The dyslexic font has more spacing between letters which helps a ton.

        If you want to know more about dyslexia

        https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/dyslexia/symptoms-causes/syc-20353552

        And here is some research related to dyslexia from the openDyslexic website

        https://opendyslexic.org/related-research

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          I’ve used that font on an ereader for more then a year, then switched to something else and noticed no difference at all.

          I’ve also seen research claiming that it does not help at all, so idk.

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            Resarch can only study the average effect. If switching to a certain font does not help on average, it does not mean that it helps never.

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              Just that. Also, most research I’ve seen claim no difference to be found, but surely that also depends and neurotype and several other things, so it might still be helpful for some groups.

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    Gentium Book, Alegreya, or Labrada. Humanist serif fonts for reading Fantasy and SciFi. Absolutely love them, can’t recommend these enough.

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    Times New Roman

    /not allowed to say anything else or my boat will be sunk.

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      21 hours ago

    • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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      Comic Sans

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        https://comicneue.com/

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    Since the first time of seeing it on a Mac (Plus, probably), I’ve been in love with Palatino. It just seems to flow so nicely, and the italic is gorgeous.

    I missed it for many years until I found TeX Gyre Pagella.

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