Loath as I am to ever take Jesse’s side over Katie’s, Arial font is barbaric and clearly indicative of deep-seated white supremacy (arial/aryan, need I say more?)
If you don’t have Garamond, Times is an acceptable consolation prize.
Loath as I am to ever take Jesse’s side over Katie’s, Arial font is barbaric and clearly indicative of deep-seated white supremacy (arial/aryan, need I say more?)
If you don’t have Garamond, Times is an acceptable consolation prize.
Supposedly sans-serif fonts like Ariel are better for Accessibility, being that various neurodivergent groups supposedly find them easier to read. For this reason they are nominally required for teaching materials at my university, though I have refused to give up my Baskerville font and have not yet been disciplined. It’s an issue that I’d love Jesse to dig into; my impression is that the science behind this is pretty junky
Ariel is a crime against the senses and humanity. That and New Calibri are set as defaults to screen for people too careless or tasteless to change the font.
Anybody who’s set type or spec’d a book design in the last 40 years knows, sans serif for display/heads ok but serif for text blocks. Trust the Science(tm)!
Loath as I am to ever take Jesse’s side over Katie’s, Arial font is barbaric and clearly indicative of deep-seated white supremacy (arial/aryan, need I say more?)
If you don’t have Garamond, Times is an acceptable consolation prize.
Cambria forever! (Any serif font is preferable to sans serif, though.)
Georgia!
Atkinson Hyperlegible looks badass, is accessible, and it's like really, really legible. Superior on all fronts.
Team Arial for the win (if Calibri is not available)
Team Calibri here❤️
Ugh, who invited all these MS Word nerds?
I’ve pledged my allegiance to Garamond in this comment thread before!
Both Jesse and Katie are wrong this time. Garamond is good. Both Arial and Times are ready for retirement.
Supposedly sans-serif fonts like Ariel are better for Accessibility, being that various neurodivergent groups supposedly find them easier to read. For this reason they are nominally required for teaching materials at my university, though I have refused to give up my Baskerville font and have not yet been disciplined. It’s an issue that I’d love Jesse to dig into; my impression is that the science behind this is pretty junky
Ariel is a crime against the senses and humanity. That and New Calibri are set as defaults to screen for people too careless or tasteless to change the font.
Anybody who’s set type or spec’d a book design in the last 40 years knows, sans serif for display/heads ok but serif for text blocks. Trust the Science(tm)!
Nothing will ever beat Wingdings.
Team Katie on this one.
Garamond? You really thought this was a good take but it’s clear Courier New is the crème de la crème of fonts