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March 30th, 2007 19 Comments

Is this font (Trebuchet) harder or easier to read than the one I’ve been using (Georgia)? I’m not redesigning – I promise – I’m just trying to get the site easier to skim through.

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19 Responses to “Readability Test”

  1. jerry says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:34 pm

    I think you need to put up a moderately sized post in both fonts….

  2. David Helms says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:35 pm

    Not sure it mattters. Those of us that are skimmers will be checking in via RSS anyway.

  3. fd10801 says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:51 pm

    Arial, Verdana and Trebuchet — in that order — are my favorites. At least 12 point.

  4. fd10801 says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:52 pm

    Arial, Verdana and Trebuchet — in that order — are my favorites. At least 12 point.

  5. anuj says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:56 pm

    personally i like the smaller fonts better

  6. Iggy says:
    March 30, 2007 at 5:58 pm

    The Trebuchet is a bit harder.

  7. Wellstone says:
    March 30, 2007 at 6:14 pm

    Trebuchet is my pick over Georgia.

  8. Ferris says:
    March 30, 2007 at 6:44 pm

    Trebuchet, baby.

  9. Retired Catholic says:
    March 30, 2007 at 7:14 pm

    I don’t have a problem with either format.

  10. Lettuce says:
    March 30, 2007 at 7:27 pm

    I’m overriding you abyway, since I’m using Lucida Grande in NetNewsWire

  11. Colorado Dave says:
    March 30, 2007 at 9:12 pm

    They are all fairly easy to read.

    Trebucht likely requires a few more strips of lead between lines.

    Adding additional leading between lines is usually the best way to improve legibility. Type size doesn’t matter as much as leading.

    Wow, type size and leading…no wonder I hate designing for the web.

  12. amberglow says:
    March 30, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    it’s a little less, i think.

  13. radlib1 says:
    March 31, 2007 at 1:06 am

    I use Verdana myself and like it a lot – bold, italic, and regular. I use 20 pt. in my e-mails, but I think you should probably use 14 or 16 pt. in your posts.

    But, whatever, it’s the words that count, not the font.

  14. David Weisman says:
    March 31, 2007 at 8:31 am

    They are about equal – if you could use slightly larger type, especially for the comments, that would be even better.

  15. Respectful Dissent says:
    March 31, 2007 at 11:32 am

    I use Firefox, so I just increase the font size to what I think is useful.

  16. Dave in ME says:
    March 31, 2007 at 9:33 pm

    I like it the way it is. Much easier to read than it was before, so thanks for the changes.

  17. fd10801 says:
    April 1, 2007 at 7:28 pm

    Is this font (Trebuchet) harder or easier to read than the one I’ve been using (Georgia)?

    Does this font make my blog look big?

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