Which font is easiest to read in print?

[Airegin]

I want to print some articles for a friend and I'm wondering which font and font size I should choose. I'm leaning towards Arial font size 11.

What's your favorite?

 

[Fiction]

11 is a bit small, isn't 12 the standard?

 

[MasterYoshi]

Is posting comic sans bannable?

 

[PMS341]

Don't use Arial. Print it all in 12 point Garamond.

 

[ItIsOkBro]

i would say you should choose a serif font for print and arial is sans serif

 

[Airegin]

11 is a bit small, isn't 12 the standard?

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I've printed out a few sentences in different fonts and font sizes and 12 seems too big.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

Windings my friend

 

[julia crawford]

I prefer fonts with serifs for prolonged reading, which i imagine is the case. I usually use Google's Noto for that kind of random stuff.

When i want to be fancy i use Inconsolata which is a nice monospaced font, but i would advise against it for blocks of text.

Also keep aware that you might be bound by a style guide if you're doing work for some publication/under academic tutelage/etc, which may demand certain fonts/font styles.

 

[Airegin]

Are the most common fonts usually easier to read? Every news site in my country uses Arial which may be the reason I prefer that.

 

[weremichael]

I like Berlin Sans size 12 for reading print.

 

[Airegin]

I'll go with a Serif font, not sure which one though. I've printed a page in Garamond 12 and Georgia 11 which are both the same size in print. Garamond looks prettier but Georgia seems slightly more readable.

 

[FaceHugger]

I have a family member who worked for Microsoft, a lot on Office until he left. They did a lot of research and testing and that's why Calibri body 11 is the default for Outlook since like 2010 or thereabouts. It's extremely similar to various other fonts, reads as well printed as it does on a screen, and readable to most people even at smaller sizes. It also doesn't become garish when bolded, italicized, or slightly increased in size like Arial and some other fonts do.

 

[Airegin]

I'm actually getting more tempted to go with a less familiar font like Bodoni MT now. Apparently more difficult to read fonts are better memorized.

Any suggestions for harder to read yet pleasant fonts? (other than Comic Sans)

 

[Deleted member 12790]

Comic Sans is literally designed to be easier than normal to read. They've done all sorts of studies on it. People with dyslexia, for example, can read Comic Sans dramatically easier. Part of the reason is because every character has a unique shape, unlike in serif or traditional fonts.

 

[onadesertedisland]

Serif fonts are easier to read in print. Caslon and Garamond are good.

 

[konka]

Helvetica.