Re: Favorite Font

Farley Flud <ff@linux.rocks> writes:

On Mon, 14 Apr 2025 09:28:49 -0700, John Ames wrote:

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As far as print fonts go ...
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Print?  Does anyone still print?

The web has become nearly intolerable.  Even the choice of font is
horrible in nearly all websites, not to mention text size, image and
ads.  It's funny how sometimes I invoke the print-friendly extension on
my browser just to read /on screen/.  But the rule is to actually print
it out.  And books, of course: I print out a chapter to see if I want to
continue the reading and it's much lighter to carry a chapter than the
entire physical book.  Electronic devices are not flexible like paper
and they reflect light in a different way and you can't write on their
margins using a device that lets you feel the friction of pencil on
paper or pen on paper.  Some pens are such beautiful devices.

Anything interesting I find on the web I print for later reading.  My
time on the computer is mostly spent writing.  Reading is a good
opportunity to actually leave the office, the house and go somewhere
else.

Having a printer today is like being the owner of the printing press.
It's hard for me to understand when people don't take advantage of that.