Best serifed font for reading?

Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell · 2025-01-29T11:07:33+00:00

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Hey all! Just loooking for your input… what would you recommend as the best serifed font for reading in Logos? Other than Times New Roman, which I already know about! 😁

Thanks! I use Logos desktop and mobile, just in case that makes a difference, and you would recommend two separate ones…

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Veli Voipio

I seem to use Tex Gyre Schola font in my desktop, no idea why. Probably long time ago I thought it is good, similar to Century Schoolbook typeface. A screenshot is below.

I also use the widest (loose) line spacing, it seems to make reading easier.

(I've also read that readability is related to the spectrum of the font: lower frequencies are easier to read than higher. If you take a two-dimensional Fourier transform of the text, you can compare the spectrums of the fonts. Serif fonts have a lower spectrum, thus they are easier to read. 😐)

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Yasmin Stephen

No claim for the best but I use Gentium Plus on desktop, and I like it a lot. I had to add it to Windows first, and it was then available in Logos.

On mobile, I use Palatino out of the limited number of available fonts.

(Btw, can we add fonts to the mobile app?)

John

The two fonts designed by Microsoft especially for reducing eye strain on screen displays are Georgia (serif) and Verdana (non serif).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana

At the time they were created, computer fonts were mostly copied from print typefaces, so they were the best available.

DMB

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1355720#Comment_1355720

I tried out Georgia .. nice. Thank you.

Personally, I've never liked Georgia or Verdana, and don't use them. Font preferences are pretty personal, though, aren't they? I like a high x-height, so the default Noto Serif is my favourite, whereas my husband uses a big ugly slab serif on his tablet (yuck 🤣), so it's your choice really!

John

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1355761#Comment_1355761

I like big font sizes too, like your husband 😇

It’s always a trade-off between how much information you want on the screen and how readable you want it to be.

Verdana and Georgia were designed to be more readable at smaller sizes.

I do not understand why so many still make Times New Roman the universal default. There was a time when compatibility across platforms was the big issue. It could be relied upon to be there, and to support multiple languages when Unicode was still a new thing.

But so many people just use it because it’s the default 😐

Veli Voipio

I seem to use Tex Gyre Schola font in my desktop, no idea why. Probably long time ago I thought it is good, similar to Century Schoolbook typeface. A screenshot is below.

I also use the widest (loose) line spacing, it seems to make reading easier.

Ew.

🤣😉

DMB

Just to show how my new Georgia font is just so peachy!! And why almost no one would like my preference/reason below.

In Logos, I'd assume just one font might be constricting (eg one for reading, another for study, etc).

That tiny, Georgia doesn't look so bad 😉

John

@RJ

That tiny, Georgia doesn't look so bad 😉

True, but Verdana would be even better 😎

Bohuslav Wojnar

I tried all kind of serif fonts. For reading books on mobile devices, I like to use Bookerly of Amazon. On the desktop after trying some other options I always ended up with the Logos default font. It is just the best for Logos IMHO.😊

Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1355761#Comment_1355761

Oh fer sure RJ, I[m just lookin' to see what's out there… 😊

Carmen Gauvin-O'Donnell

https://community.logos.com/discussion/comment/1355772#Comment_1355772

Hey all, after seeing all your posts, and trying out a few new things, I wound up going back to Logos' default serifed font, BUT LOOSENING THE TEXT, which all of a sudden made everything much more pleasant to read. I had had it set on "tight" for some reason, and that was the problem, not so much the font! 🙄 So thanks Veli! Winner Winner Chicken Dinner! 👍️