From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (unknown [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2F8351381FA for ; Sat, 17 May 2014 13:58:33 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id AF900E0B2D; Sat, 17 May 2014 13:58:28 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk (smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk [212.23.1.7]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8C1EFE07BA for ; Sat, 17 May 2014 13:58:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [82.69.80.10] (helo=wstn.localnet) by smarthost01d.mail.zen.net.uk with esmtpsa (TLS1.0:DHE_RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:256) (Exim 4.80) (envelope-from ) id 1Wlf86-0008uX-M5 for gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org; Sat, 17 May 2014 13:58:26 +0000 From: Peter Humphrey To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Fonts and bad eyes Date: Sat, 17 May 2014 14:58:26 +0100 Message-ID: <5102298.u5IyEnbS9e@wstn> Organization: at home User-Agent: KMail/4.12.5 (Linux/3.12.13-gentoo; KDE/4.12.5; x86_64; ; ) In-Reply-To: <53770CFD.7010107@gmail.com> References: <53770CFD.7010107@gmail.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Originating-smarthost01d-IP: [82.69.80.10] X-Archives-Salt: 0855ea8b-a21d-4f44-a55d-daf34bea9ceb X-Archives-Hash: 97924427f0b7840fbddee0d45d05f67b On Saturday 17 May 2014 02:17:17 Dale wrote: > Howdy, > > I'm curious. I'm sure there are some older folks on here that have eyes > that are not in the best of shape. Mine are not real good even with > glasses. My question is, what font is the easiest to read for folks > with bad eyes? In other words, for you folks who can't see good, what > font do you use? > > I'm just curious. Just reply and let me know what you use. I think I > need to change mine to something better. I'm glad you asked, Dale. I've been meaning to go a-searching fonts for some time and now you've prompted me into it. So far I've found these to be acceptable: Liberation Sans Bitstream Vera Sans Clockopia DejaVu Sans Droid Sans Free Sans Trebuchet MS URW Gothic L Verdana That last one, I believe, was designed by M$ for use in web pages. I'll spend some time with each of them and find which I like best. You'll notice that they're all sans-serif. That's because I believe serif fonts need a higher pixel density than most screens have, and that's why they work well when printed on paper but not here. Hope that hasn't muddied the waters even more! -- Regards Peter