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What are your favorite fonts for technical reports? (mander.xyz)

submitted 11 months ago by DarthGraben@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I work at a consulting engineering firm and write a lot of reports that are read by the public. I have an opportunity to recommend a different font for all of our written documents and am looking for something more modern/fresh than Times New Roman. Also open to recommendations for purpose specific communities about typography/fonts.

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[–] DarthGraben@mander.xyz 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Our designs have to comply with ADA, so accessibility is definitely a familiar consideration. This looks like any other professional looking sans-serif font, so if it's more accessible for low vision/vision impaired people, all the better! I like that uppercase i and lowercase L are distinguishable, which is a personal peeve I have with some sans serif fonts. Thanks for the suggestion!

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 3 points 11 months ago (2 children)

It's hard to explain exactly why but switching my ereader over made a night and day difference in my comprehension and reading speed.

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 2 points 11 months ago

That happened to me when I started using OpenDyslexic. I read so much more now, and I already read a lot.

[–] DarthGraben@mander.xyz 1 points 11 months ago

Out of curiosity, what font were you using before?