serif vs sans serif

ajeffrey · 08-05-2011, 12:57 PM

Hi - brand new here and I am interested in setting the type font to Garamond and want to know how.
As an ex typographer I understand that folks over a certain age read serifed type more easily - hence my search.
As a rank beginner I appreciate any advice.

afv011 · 08-05-2011, 01:11 PM

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Originally Posted by ajeffrey

Hi - brand new here and I am interested in setting the type font to Garamond and want to know how.
As an ex typographer I understand that folks over a certain age read serifed type more easily - hence my search.
As a rank beginner I appreciate any advice.

Welcome to the forum. You'll have to be a bit more specific; are you looking at changing the font of an ePub your wrote? If so, you have to embed the font in your ePub and then reference it in the CSS.

Check these instructions.

MickeyC · 08-05-2011, 06:28 PM

Hi ajeffrey and welcome to MobileRead

GeoffC · 08-06-2011, 06:15 AM

May I offer you a warm welcome to Mobileread Forums.

Have a browse around, you may have already discovered the Main Forum is laid out in a logical manner.

Everyone’s friendly, if you need any help, do ask around. Members with Green names are the hard-working Moderators…(they don’t bite, just keep the rest of us safe.)

If you want a non-technical chat or three, pop into the Lounge .

check out our Wiki for other information ....

Please join in and enjoy your stay .....

Valmore Daniels · 08-06-2011, 10:12 AM

welcome

ajeffrey · 08-15-2011, 01:16 PM

Thank you all for your interest - I will follow the leads and thanks again GeoffC

ajeffrey · 08-15-2011, 01:20 PM

Oh and thanks to afv011 for Check these instructions.
I want to read in Garamond

ImogenRose · 08-17-2011, 03:24 AM

Hello and welcome to MR!

Imogen

neilmarr · 08-17-2011, 04:17 AM

Good to have your company, Ajeffrey. Interesting point, so I gave it a little thought and just compared my reader (most books avec serif) print with serif and a couple of pieces here and there in my files sans serif. I think I prefer serif text in ebook and in print, but on a bigger screen -- forums like this one, for instance -- sans serif seems to me to be more comfortable. Mind you, I'm no spring chicken and the old eyes aren't what they once were and -- until a decade or so -- had become accustomed to serif print. So this may well be far from the consensus here. Very best wishes. Neil

ajeffrey · 08-20-2011, 06:23 AM

Hi neilmarr the expression rather than avec serif is usually "serif" and then "sans serif" (without serif) and I take your point re: headings in sans serif - thanks for the interest. I have finally worked out how to read text in the font I prefer - Garamond

dwig · 08-20-2011, 09:31 AM

For large bodies of text reproduced at high quality (i.e. greater than 120ppi for arm's length reading) serif faces are generally more readable. On the other hand, single lines of a few words (e.g. headings, wall signs, ...) and san serif is easier to read quickly. When arm's length display is relatively low resolution (e.g. almost all CRT and many LCD displays), serifs fail to render well making san serif preferable.

08-05-2011, 12:57 PM	#1
ajeffrey Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kitchener, Canada Device: ASUS eee transformer with docking station	serif vs sans serif Hi - brand new here and I am interested in setting the type font to Garamond and want to know how. As an ex typographer I understand that folks over a certain age read serifed type more easily - hence my search. As a rank beginner I appreciate any advice.

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MickeyC Grand Sorcerer Posts: 16,732 Karma: 12185114 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Florida Device: iPhone 6 plus, Sony T1, iPad 3	Hi ajeffrey and welcome to MobileRead

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GeoffC Chocolate Grasshopper ... Posts: 27,599 Karma: 20821184 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Scotland Device: Muse HD , Cybook Gen3 , Pocketbook 302 (Black) , Nexus 10: wife has PW	May I offer you a warm welcome to Mobileread Forums. Have a browse around, you may have already discovered the Main Forum is laid out in a logical manner. Everyone’s friendly, if you need any help, do ask around. Members with Green names are the hard-working Moderators…(they don’t bite, just keep the rest of us safe.) If you want a non-technical chat or three, pop into the Lounge . check out our Wiki for other information .... Please join in and enjoy your stay .....

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08-15-2011, 01:16 PM	#6
ajeffrey Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kitchener, Canada Device: ASUS eee transformer with docking station	Thank you all for your interest - I will follow the leads and thanks again GeoffC

08-15-2011, 01:20 PM	#7
ajeffrey Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kitchener, Canada Device: ASUS eee transformer with docking station	Oh and thanks to afv011 for Check these instructions. I want to read in Garamond

08-17-2011, 03:24 AM	#8
ImogenRose PORTAL Posts: 7,204 Karma: 2884640 Join Date: Apr 2010 Device: Kindle 1, Kindle 3 (3G), iPhone	Hello and welcome to MR! Imogen

08-17-2011, 04:17 AM	#9
neilmarr neilmarr Posts: 7,215 Karma: 6000059 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Monaco-Menton, France Device: sony	Good to have your company, Ajeffrey. Interesting point, so I gave it a little thought and just compared my reader (most books avec serif) print with serif and a couple of pieces here and there in my files sans serif. I think I prefer serif text in ebook and in print, but on a bigger screen -- forums like this one, for instance -- sans serif seems to me to be more comfortable. Mind you, I'm no spring chicken and the old eyes aren't what they once were and -- until a decade or so -- had become accustomed to serif print. So this may well be far from the consensus here. Very best wishes. Neil

08-20-2011, 06:23 AM	#10
ajeffrey Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Kitchener, Canada Device: ASUS eee transformer with docking station	Hi neilmarr the expression rather than avec serif is usually "serif" and then "sans serif" (without serif) and I take your point re: headings in sans serif - thanks for the interest. I have finally worked out how to read text in the font I prefer - Garamond

08-20-2011, 09:31 AM	#11
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718479 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	For large bodies of text reproduced at high quality (i.e. greater than 120ppi for arm's length reading) serif faces are generally more readable. On the other hand, single lines of a few words (e.g. headings, wall signs, ...) and san serif is easier to read quickly. When arm's length display is relatively low resolution (e.g. almost all CRT and many LCD displays), serifs fail to render well making san serif preferable.

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