https://shuttersparks.net/the-lato-font/
"A few years ago I needed to print a manuscript of over 300 pages on my laser
printer. The choice of which typeface, size, and weight have a big effect on
toner consumption and legibility. Making the type smaller, lighter, or both
saves toner (or ink) and paper, but one usually pays a price in poorer
legibility.
This manuscript was for editing purposes and would be pored over for many hours
so it had to be reasonably legible. The type had to be large enough to annotate
with a pencil.
I wanted to have my cake and eat it too so I spent considerable time looking
over a myriad of fonts. Since this wouldn’t be the last time this problem would
arise, I felt the investment in time and effort was worth it. If a font really
solved the problem, I was willing to pay for it. I didn’t limit my search to
free fonts.
I searched several sites on the web offering thousands of free and pay-for
fonts, concentrating on sans-serif fonts. I wasn’t looking for artistic beauty,
I was looking for legibility. After finding nothing that stood out, I
eventually tired of this and stopped. Then I tried different tack. An ordinary
web search for “most legible font” led directly to what I wanted.
The Lato font family is fairly new. I had never heard of it. It was
specifically designed for maximum legibility. The family is comprised of many
variations, each carefully hand-tuned by the font’s creators, including a
“light” variation and a “hairline” variation. Lato Hairline was exactly what I
was looking for. It’s very light, composed of thin lines, but isn’t faint. It
remains perfectly legible to my old eyes."
Via Phil Landmeier (ᚠ) and Christoph S.
Share and enjoy,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
