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El 2017-06-10 19:18, charles meyer escribiĆ³:
Ahoy my esteemed and steamy mates,

I'm looking for your experienced suggestions of which font(s) have you
found to be most clearly legible?

The "ideal typeface" is one of those arguments in which you'll find as many answers (if not more) as people answering ;)

Here it is a somewhat random and clearly incomplete list of awesome typefaces with a F(L)OSS licence:

I love EBGaramond, but be aware that it has no bold nor bold italic (yet)
http://www.georgduffner.at/ebgaramond/download.html

A really nice "old style" font full of OpenType magic is Cochineal
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/cochineal

In fact, I can say that any font from Michael Sharpe is a Good Font. As an example, if you want to be able to print at low resolution but with good results you may try his fork of Bitstream Charter, xcharter
http://www.ctan.org/pkg/xcharter

If you want a "Times better than Times" I highly recommend Libertinus, a fork of Linux Libertine/Biolinum
https://github.com/khaledhosny/libertinus

Another "times alike" font is Stix Two
http://stixfonts.org/

A great, original font full of OpenType specialities is Vollkorn
http://vollkorn-typeface.com/

and don't forget the TeX Gyre collection and the Latin Modern family, both from the GUST foundry
http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/tex-gyre
http://www.gust.org.pl/projects/e-foundry/latin-modern

Have fun!

Regards,
Ricardo




There are fonts you can see clearly even though they're in size 8 or
smaller or from a great distance.

I've noticed this as well on street signs. Some characters, even though
larger, are less legible because of style and not size than others.

I often use Bookman Old Style for that reason. I find Times New Roman
blends so it's less legible.

Anyone work ( or have a life partner, relative or fried) who works at an ad
agency?

Ad agencies go to great lengths in determining which font style and size to
use on consumer products as well as which colors are most alluring,
calming, friendly, inviting, etc.

Admittedly, there are personal preferences but there is also empirical
evidence gleaned from focus groups and studies re: which font styles/size
and colors affect people in what ways.

So, let's have our own focus group, shall we?!

What's your choice for most legible font style/size/color - and why?

Thank you - Merci- Gracias - Grazi - Domo!

Charles.

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