🕸Fergus Duniho wrote on Sat, Oct 7, 2017 05:58 PM UTC:
I have now compared Volkhov to Malabar on both my desktop screen and on my Kindle's browser, and Volkhov comes out the winner. On the desktop, it is much more legible. In comparing Volkhov and Malabar text side-by-side in two different Kindles, Volkhov seems to have the advantage. In Malabar, the 8 is bottom heavy, and the 9 is top heavy, but in Volkhov, these two digits both look more balanced. Also, Volkhov appears more legible, and I often notice that it fits more words onto the same line of text. This is not to say that Volkov is better in every way. In favor of Malabar, I do like its italic better, and I feel more comfortable with its top-serifed T. But overall, it looks like Volkov is the better choice. So, I have removed Malabar from the CSS, and each page will just choose between Average and Volkov, both of which are Google fonts, which means they will be used on any browser that supports Google fonts. In my experience, this is most browsers. For some reason, the one Android browser I actually paid for, Boat Browser, does not, but the default Android browser will.
I have now compared Volkhov to Malabar on both my desktop screen and on my Kindle's browser, and Volkhov comes out the winner. On the desktop, it is much more legible. In comparing Volkhov and Malabar text side-by-side in two different Kindles, Volkhov seems to have the advantage. In Malabar, the 8 is bottom heavy, and the 9 is top heavy, but in Volkhov, these two digits both look more balanced. Also, Volkhov appears more legible, and I often notice that it fits more words onto the same line of text. This is not to say that Volkov is better in every way. In favor of Malabar, I do like its italic better, and I feel more comfortable with its top-serifed T. But overall, it looks like Volkov is the better choice. So, I have removed Malabar from the CSS, and each page will just choose between Average and Volkov, both of which are Google fonts, which means they will be used on any browser that supports Google fonts. In my experience, this is most browsers. For some reason, the one Android browser I actually paid for, Boat Browser, does not, but the default Android browser will.