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