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On Saturday 17 May 2014 02:17:17 Dale wrote: |
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> Howdy, |
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> I'm curious. I'm sure there are some older folks on here that have eyes |
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> that are not in the best of shape. Mine are not real good even with |
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> glasses. My question is, what font is the easiest to read for folks |
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> with bad eyes? In other words, for you folks who can't see good, what |
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> font do you use? |
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> I'm just curious. Just reply and let me know what you use. I think I |
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> need to change mine to something better. |
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I'm glad you asked, Dale. I've been meaning to go a-searching fonts for some |
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time and now you've prompted me into it. |
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So far I've found these to be acceptable: |
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Liberation Sans |
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Bitstream Vera Sans |
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Clockopia |
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DejaVu Sans |
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Droid Sans |
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Free Sans |
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Trebuchet MS |
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URW Gothic L |
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Verdana |
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That last one, I believe, was designed by M$ for use in web pages. |
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I'll spend some time with each of them and find which I like best. You'll |
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notice that they're all sans-serif. That's because I believe serif fonts need |
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a higher pixel density than most screens have, and that's why they work well |
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when printed on paper but not here. |
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Hope that hasn't muddied the waters even more! |
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Regards |
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Peter |
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