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[-] bismuthbob@sopuli.xyz 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

For me, Trebuchet goes straight to my brain. There are plenty of fonts that look nicer to me, but that's the one that I settled on after trying out dozens. I read it faster, I don't lose my place, it works equally well for me at several font sizes and on both traditional ebook readers and tablet screens.

[-] Digit@lemmy.wtf 3 points 1 day ago

nztt.

Made it myself.

Works for my dyslexia, and efficient for vertical space.

It divides opinion, some very enthusiastic, some hate it.

[-] eutampieri@feddit.it 11 points 1 day ago

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

[-] warmaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Faustina, it's the FOSS alternative to the Kindle's default font.

[-] Maiq@piefed.social 34 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] renlok@lemmy.world 2 points 23 hours ago

I've never found different fonts to help my dyslexia much, but I find the contrast between the font and the background effects it quite a lot

[-] myfunnyaccountname@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 day ago

What I came to suggest. This font is amazing.

[-] HelloRoot@lemy.lol 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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.

[-] YellaLeber@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago

Yeah this font made me dyslexic

[-] erebion@news.erebion.eu 4 points 2 days ago

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 2 points 2 days ago

Is there any science in this? I believe this might just be a preference. :D

[-] Maiq@piefed.social 2 points 2 days ago

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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[-] comrade_twisty@feddit.org 25 points 2 days ago

Times New Roman

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

[-] sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago

Atkinson Hyperlegible Next from the Braille Institute

[-] mfat@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 days ago

Thanks. Had never heard of this one.

[-] davel@lemmy.ml 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Usually whatever the default serif typeface is. What I care more about is flush left (“ragged right”) alignment, ideally with automatic hyphenation. I find justified alignment very distracting.

Problems with justification » Typographic anomalies

[-] madnificent@lemmy.world 12 points 2 days ago

Lexend Deca from https://www.lexend.com/ because it's the only font I could find which was studied during it's creation for being more readable for many people.

[-] Presently42@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 days ago
[-] Camille_Jamal@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

you can change fonts on ebooks?

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 9 points 2 days ago

The whole point of ebooks is that the reader decides the look, vs. PDF.

[-] airbornestar@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

You can always change the font on your ebook reader. I know Calibre has the option.

[-] salvagedrifter@lemmy.zip 5 points 2 days ago

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

[-] phpinjected@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 2 days ago

comics sans

[-] doomsdayrs@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Shantell Sans

[-] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

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

[-] Kornblumenratte@feddit.org 1 points 1 day ago

Antykwa Torunski.

[-] noughtnaut@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

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.

[-] DonutsRMeh@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Literata and Bitter Pro are the ones I switch between on my kobo.

[-] morgenman@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago

Libertinus Serif is my current favorite. I generally like most garamond-likes for most books, but will dabble in a sans if the book is suitably scifi. Older favorites of mine are Adobe Caslon Pro and Adobe Devanagari. Baumschrift is a fantastic clean sans font but honestly it shines best on larger sizes for headers rather than prose. If we are doing monospace I love IBM Plex Mono in the light variety.

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[-] communism@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

Any serif font is fine by me. I've been going with whatever Zathura's default epub font is.

[-] garcin@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 day ago

During last year, I have been using Liberation Serif on my Kobo Clara Reader.

[-] Quazatron@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Copperplate Gothic.

Just kidding, I don't have one but would love some suggestions.

[-] xela@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 days ago
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[-] Hayduke@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago

Baskerville, or Jokerman if I fancy an aneurism.

[-] Gerudo@lemmy.zip 2 points 2 days ago

Currently using Noto Sans in koreader

[-] non_burglar@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago

I just tried a few fonts on my old Kobo, as I've done a few times here and there, and I always end up back with a serif font. I'm not sure why, but I have suspicion that reading paperbacks and newspapers before ereaders existed has trained me to read faster with serif fonts.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

i experimented with a test that boldened only the first half of the word or something similar, years ago. i'm dying to find something that an read ebooks like this, i can read twice as fast with it.

[-] Artopal@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Vollkorn. The best I could find.

[-] utopiah@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 days ago

Yes.

TL;DR: I don't actually know, that's how much I care.

[-] Noodles4dinner@hexbear.net 2 points 2 days ago

Comic sans.

Just kidding. I use the dyslexia font. It does what it says on the tin.

[-] bhamlin@lemmy.world 1 points 2 days ago

I prefer a helv variant usually, but now that it's under fire I'm trying out colibri.

[-] lukecooperatus@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 days ago

The specific font isn't as important for me. Mostly I'll use whatever sans serif option is available in the reader, since I generally despise serifs. Very occasionally I'll go for a serif font on a fantasy book for "atmosphere", though.

[-] FrameXX@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 days ago
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