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Reader expectation, however, does have an impact on readability. As user experience consultant Alex Poole says, ‘if there is a difference, it is too small to worry about’. Ask a graphic designer or an editor, and they’re almost certain to give you their personal opinion one way or the other, but studies into readability generally find little or no difference. So are serif fonts more readable than sans serif, or vice versa? In a word, no. However, some serif fonts, such as Georgia, have been specifically designed to display well even on low-resolution screens (and you can see it in action on the New York Times website). Serif fonts aren’t usually used for text intended to be read on screen because on lower-resolution screens the serifs can look fuzzy and inhibit readability. In fact, it’s so traditional to use serif for printed material that using sans serif can be a statement of modernity or even (small) rebellion. However, as the eye doesn’t travel in a smooth line when reading, but in quick jumps known as ‘saccades’, this argument is questionable. The generally accepted wisdom is that serifed typefaces are better for printed material, because the serifs guide the reader’s eye along the line. They’re usually used online, but are becoming increasingly acceptable in printed materials. Arial, Helvetica and Verdana are the most common. Examples include Times New Roman, Garamond and Bookman Old Style.įonts that lack these small projecting features are called sans serif (from the French for ‘without’, but usually pronounced ‘sanns’ by printers). Those with small projecting features are known as serifs. This is the one I picked.For those of us who don’t deal in fonts every day, the number of fonts on offer can seem overwhelming – but it doesn’t have to be.įonts generally fall into two categories – serif and sans serif. Note however that its 4, 6, 7, 9 have a hint of old-style dripping. URW Bookman L looked great, except that its digit 1 is extremely similar to Georgia's lowercase L:įor me this was a deal-breaker as my original motivation to replace Georgia's digits was that its 0 digit is extremely similar to lowercase O.Ĭharter, by the same designer as Georgia and somewhat similar in spirit. Palatino/Palladio - also narrow and worse kerning. Times was not bad but narrower than Georgia (I didn't seriously test it cross-platform though).

#Font georgia review license

I considered system font stacks that are (approximately) cross-platform (there aren't many serif ones), and Georgia-resembling fonts with an open license (so subsetting is legally OK): For example So from what font to take the digits? You should also consider what happens on systems that don't have Georgia (android and many linuxes) and/or don't have your replacement font (not a problem if it's a webfont).

#Font georgia review code

Looks fine on platforms lacking Georgia (android, ubuntu).Īnd now kerning looks OK everywhere! (No idea why kerning is better - is it a different code path or just slightly different font - perhaps Font Squirrel did some magic?) => Replaced digits everywhere except IE8 (I only used WOFF format which is IE9+, probably could work with the right EOT incantation) ĭidn't inhibit Georgia for other characters anywhere Note especially "0th" and "4rd" on the italic lines.Ī webfont subsetted to include only the characters 0-9. (this is Bitstream Charter, Chrome on Ubuntu)

#Font georgia review full

I also tried a "double sandwitch" of Georgia without digits, only digits, full Georgia - I hoped this will make Firefox at least use Georgia for everything - but it failed in weird ways.Īlso, I noticed that digit-letter kerning was too tight with most fonts and platforms, e.g.: What's worse is Firefox which ignored unicode-range but didn't invalidate the whole resulting in everything using the font I wanted only for digits. IE8 doesn't support it and shows only Georgia that's OK. Unfortunately I never got it to work cross-browser. (top is Palatino/Palladio digits, Georgia bottom is pure Georgia) Clean and effecient - the replacement font can reference system fonts or webfonts (which some browsers will skip loading if no characters use them). There are 2 easy ways to do this in a with limited unicode-range. See for all my experiments (most screenshots are Chrome on Ubuntu with Georgia installed, look for crossbrowsertesting links for cross-platform screenshots)

#Font georgia review free

You can test the combo at (feel free to edit).

I ended up using Charter digits, as a webfont. I also wanted this and decided to use Georgia for most chars but take digits from another font.