@heartny Eras looks too sans serif for me, but Friz Quadrata is very attractive!
My favorite san serif is Bernhard Gothic; I find it charmingly quirky.
A nicely printed, nicely typeset book is a thing of beauty. I managed to purchase a book once with typography so bad that it inhibits reading. Really thin lines connecting thick lines in the font, bad spacing in the text, and cheaply printed. I don’t know how somebody worked that hard to make results that bad.
@rockblossom lol. I used to get caught reading under the covers with a lamp. Or one of those cheap flashlights from some kid prize. Or the back of the station wagon at night…
It’s been years since I read at all… Never mind tore through books… think the last one was a book about cat stories my grandma gave me. I need to get back in a library maybe. Or. Idk
@rockblossom lol I got yelled at something something hurt your eyes. I think it was a myth and more about bedtime. But I don’t read like I used to when I was a kid
When one is using a smartphone, the the experiences of committing typing or swiping errors, and of enduring autocorrect madnesses, are part of the necessary and slightly randomized indicators of the wrath of the digital gods.
Comfortable place to read.
@yakkoTDI That’s my sleep factor
@yakkoTDI Yes! I can read all day long if I had a comfy place.
Written in a language I understand.
Ah come on peeps - FONT???
Genre, author, what’s said about it.
I wonder how many people will read all the options?
Pictures
I prefer reading sans-serif fonts, but most publishers seem to use fonts with little feet.
@heartny You know you really want comic sans.
@heartny @TheCO2 I much prefer serif fonts! Even a suggestion of a serif, like with Optima.
@Kyeh My favorite font is Eras, which I think has less of a serif suggestion than Optima. I also have a fondness for Friz Quadrata.
@heartny Eras looks too sans serif for me, but Friz Quadrata is very attractive!
My favorite san serif is Bernhard Gothic; I find it charmingly quirky.
Knowing how to read, within the language used.
(Says the audiobook fanatic. Ha ha ha.)
It’s all about the pictures. If it doesn’t have pictures on each page, forget it.
A nicely printed, nicely typeset book is a thing of beauty. I managed to purchase a book once with typography so bad that it inhibits reading. Really thin lines connecting thick lines in the font, bad spacing in the text, and cheaply printed. I don’t know how somebody worked that hard to make results that bad.
Obviously…Pop-ups.
Umm … a light source?
@rockblossom lol. I used to get caught reading under the covers with a lamp. Or one of those cheap flashlights from some kid prize. Or the back of the station wagon at night…
It’s been years since I read at all… Never mind tore through books… think the last one was a book about cat stories my grandma gave me. I need to get back in a library maybe. Or. Idk
@unksol I like reading in the dark, but I now have a backlit e-reader, so it has its own built-in “flashlight” to read by.
@rockblossom lol I got yelled at something something hurt your eyes. I think it was a myth and more about bedtime. But I don’t read like I used to when I was a kid
Audiobooks for the qin. I listen to books at 2-3x speed
@mbersiam Sounds like a qinner to me!
@rockblossom hahaha i really need to learn to proofread. But i type as fast as my mind thinks and generally misspell or skip words entirely.
@mbersiam @rockblossom
When one is using a smartphone, the the experiences of committing typing or swiping errors, and of enduring autocorrect madnesses, are part of the necessary and slightly randomized indicators of the wrath of the digital gods.
I don’t fight this.
/giphy wrath
Idk… If I enjoy the book. Maybe that part?
Having time to read it.
Not getting grape jelly on the pages while eating a PBJ sandwich and reading the book at the same time?
I just got the most fun awesome book and I’m almost done with it and super sad about that. That’s my criteria. I love the quirky illustrations too, it’s a little Edward Gorey.
https://bookshop.org/books/from-here-to-eternity-traveling-the-world-to-find-the-good-death/9780393356281
(I have the hardcover version but not picky about hardcover vs. paperback)
POPSOCKETS! COURT DOCKETS! FOLK ROCK HITS! AWESOME!
It being on tape because I really do not enjoy reading
/giphy “white space”
