Oliver Willis

19 Responses to “Readability Test”

1. 1 jerry
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:34 pm

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

2. 2 David Helms
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:35 pm

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

3. 3 fd10801
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:51 pm

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

4. 4 fd10801
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:52 pm

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

5. 5 anuj
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:56 pm

   personally i like the smaller fonts better

6. 6 Iggy
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 5:58 pm

   The Trebuchet is a bit harder.

7. 7 Wellstone
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 6:14 pm

   Trebuchet is my pick over Georgia.

8. 8 Ferris
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 6:44 pm

   Trebuchet, baby.

9. 9 Retired Catholic
   Mar 30th, 2007 at 7:14 pm

   I don’t have a problem with either format.

10. 10 Lettuce
    Mar 30th, 2007 at 7:27 pm

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

11. 11 Colorado Dave
    Mar 30th, 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. 12 amberglow
    Mar 30th, 2007 at 9:16 pm

    it’s a little less, i think.

13. 13 radlib1
    Mar 31st, 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. 14 David Weisman
    Mar 31st, 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. 15 Respectful Dissent
    Mar 31st, 2007 at 11:32 am

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

16. 16 Dave in ME
    Mar 31st, 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. 17 fd10801
    Apr 1st, 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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