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Readability Test

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.

19 Responses to “Readability Test”


  1. Gravatar Icon 1 jerry

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

  2. Gravatar Icon 2 David Helms

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

  3. Gravatar Icon 3 fd10801

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

  4. Gravatar Icon 4 fd10801

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

  5. Gravatar Icon 5 anuj

    personally i like the smaller fonts better

  6. Gravatar Icon 6 Iggy

    The Trebuchet is a bit harder.

  7. Gravatar Icon 7 Wellstone

    Trebuchet is my pick over Georgia.

  8. Gravatar Icon 8 Ferris

    Trebuchet, baby.

  9. Gravatar Icon 9 Retired Catholic

    I don’t have a problem with either format.

  10. Gravatar Icon 10 Lettuce

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

  11. Gravatar Icon 11 Colorado Dave

    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. Gravatar Icon 12 amberglow

    it’s a little less, i think.

  13. Gravatar Icon 13 radlib1

    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. Gravatar Icon 14 David Weisman

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

  15. Gravatar Icon 15 Respectful Dissent

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

  16. Gravatar Icon 16 Dave in ME

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

  17. Gravatar Icon 17 fd10801

    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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