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  • chocolatkey
    chocolatkey Staff last edited by chocolatkey

    This is your chance to give feedback on what fonts you think should be available to choose from for part reading. The current choices are "Crimson Text", "Lora", and "Open Sans". If you have a favorite font, maybe a font that another application (such as Kindle) uses, or a font over at https://fonts.google.com/ seems particularly suited for this, do tell.

    I will start to update this post with choices of other reading apps. If you have any to add, post them
    Play Books: Sans, Literata, Merriweather. Goudy, Vollkorn
    Kindle for PC: Amazon Ember (obviously not available), Baskerville, Bookerly, Caecilia, Georgia, Helvetica, Lucida, OpenDyslexic, Palantino
    Lithium (Android): Open Sans, PT Serif, Domine, Lato, Arbutus Slab
    Moon Reader (Android): Sans-serif, Serif, Monospace, Calluna, Sorts mill goudy, Vollkorn, Droid Sans, Roboto, Noto Sans/Serif
    B&N Nook Web Reader: Arial, Verdana, Trebuchet, Palantino, Times, Georgia, Lucida Mono, Courier

    Ideally around 5 "best" choices would be ideal. There will always be at least one serif and one sans-serif font. Make sure any choices are not paid/proprietary (e.g. "Amazon XXX")

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    • Terabyte
      Terabyte Premium Member last edited by Terabyte

      I usually upload my epubs on Play Books, so I vote for using the same fonts it has. My second reader choice is Lithium usually.

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      • FalseAim
        FalseAim Premium Member last edited by

        I like Roboto, but it's very similar to Open Sans so you probably don't need both. I like Roboto better, though.

        I also think you should include a font designed for dyslexia. I don't know which ones are best, or how licensing them works, so I'm not going to recommend a particular one, but I think it would be worth adding.

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        • Ran
          Ran last edited by

          It was already mentioned in the first post, but I really like Literata (the default from Play Books; Google also open sourced it, so there's no licensing to worry about.)

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          • chocolatkey
            chocolatkey Staff @FalseAim last edited by

            @FalseAim Would probably be this one: https://opendyslexic.org/ . It's on the list, it's "open" and it's pretty popular

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              Vegangoth Premium Member @FalseAim last edited by

              @FalseAim yes, a dyslexia font would be great

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                Jaquobus Premium Member last edited by

                I really like Vollkorn and Palantino (including free clones like Mathpazo). I'd add that having a good CJK font would also be nice for the novels set in Japan that have some kanji and kana interspersed.

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                • mlindner
                  mlindner Premium Member last edited by

                  The web reader should use Crimson Text.

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                    erys Premium Member last edited by erys

                    I would also like to have Crimson Text available in the new reader and the app. The currently available serif fonts in the new reader all feel heavier than either serif font in the old reader.

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                    • Daiz
                      Daiz last edited by

                      Crimson Text would be preferable to all the fonts currently available in the reader.

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                      • mlindner
                        mlindner Premium Member last edited by

                        It's funny you mention fonts.google.com as Google's fonts I've always found to be universally terrible.

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                        • chocolatkey
                          chocolatkey Staff @mlindner last edited by

                          @mlindner That may or may not be true, but they're also free, easy to use, and have SDKs available for mobile

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                            HarryShanks Premium Member last edited by

                            If crimson text is indeed the old font, i would prefer it. I've tried using all of the new ones and all are more difficult for me to read.

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                            • jpwong
                              jpwong Premium Member last edited by

                              My preference would be that one of Crimson Text (from the old reader) or Georgia (default font when you open an ebook on google play desktop browser) be included on the available list.

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                              • Taedirk
                                Taedirk Premium Member last edited by

                                Definitely a fan of the previous font. The new ones are somewhat passible, but Crimson Text had thinner lines, no bunching on the "Th", and felt more readable to me. All the new fonts are thicker in comparison and feel crowded when reading.

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                                  rock3tz Premium Member @jpwong last edited by

                                  @jpwong said in Novel reader font choices:

                                  My preference would be that one of Crimson Text (from the old reader) or Georgia (default font when you open an ebook on google play desktop browser) be included on the available list.

                                  I second this opinion.
                                  Most of the current options display text that seems too 'thick' on desktop.

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                                  • nofairytale
                                    nofairytale last edited by

                                    For serif fonts, I prefer the old reader's Lora and Crimson Text to Literata and Vollkorn. On my reader app (Librera Pro) I use PT Astra Serif.

                                    For sans serif fonts, my current favourite is Arial Nova Cond. It can be obtained free if you're on Windows, not sure for other OSes though.

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                                    • Travis Butler
                                      Travis Butler Premium Member @Daiz last edited by

                                      @Daiz said in Novel reader font choices:

                                      Crimson Text would be preferable to all the fonts currently available in the reader.

                                      Agree. I generally prefer Palatino on all of my mobile reading apps, but Crimson Text isn't bad and is much better than any of the current fonts.

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                                      • Travis Butler
                                        Travis Butler Premium Member @mlindner last edited by

                                        @mlindner said in Novel reader font choices:

                                        It's funny you mention fonts.google.com as Google's fonts I've always found to be universally terrible.

                                        Not sure about universally - I didn't have time to look at everything - but most of the ones I saw were poorly kerned or had irregular letter spacing, were too heavy or too light, and the most readable ones for me were very bland.

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                                        • chocolatkey
                                          chocolatkey Staff last edited by

                                          Crimson Text as been (re-)added for the website's novel reader. It will be added to the app in the next update

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