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_refugee_  ·  3762 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is the least fancy, clearest, most readable font in your opinion?

I think if you are going for "least fancy, clearest, and most readable" then Arial - Times New Roman - Courier (in order of fanciness) are going to be your winners.

The basic fonts are boring, but they are extremely readable. They are not distracting. They are utilitarian which I believe they were designed to be.





GenghisKhan  ·  3762 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Utilitarian is right. This guy was and is a designer for the fonts we use today. In the Ted talk I linked, he talks about desgning fonts being an engineering thing. It's pretty cool seeing the challenges that lead up to something we take for granted.