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Made in New Jersey by
Ron Seidel and Claudius Anthropicus
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Inspiration
The Legibility of Serif and Sans Serif Typefaces
Different Fonts Increase Reading Speed for Different Individuals
My mom reading on iPad Minis for the last 15 years — because the regular iPad is too big for train commutes, and a phone is too small. And seeing her read introduced me to the fact that reading apps let users change the font.
About this Website
| App Fonts | Uses | Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Fraunces | Wordmark & display | Undercase Type |
| Lora | UI body copy | Cyreal |
| Reading Fonts | Classification | Designer |
|---|---|---|
| Atkinson Hyperlegible | Sans serif | Braille Institute |
| Bitter | Slab serif | Sol Matas |
| Crimson Pro | Serif | Jacques Le Bailly |
| DM Sans | Sans serif | Colophon Foundry |
| Georgia | Serif | Matthew Carter |
| Inter | Sans serif | Rasmus Andersson |
| Lato | Sans serif | Łukasz Dziedzic |
| Lexend | Sans serif | Bonnie Shaver-Troup |
| Libre Baskerville | Serif | Impallari Type |
| Lora | Serif | Cyreal |
| Merriweather | Serif | Eben Sorkin |
| Noto Sans | Sans serif | |
| Open Sans | Sans serif | Steve Matteson |
| Playfair | Serif | Claus Eggers Sørensen |
| PT Serif | Serif | ParaType |
| Roboto | Sans serif | Christian Robertson |
| Source Sans 3 | Sans serif | Paul D. Hunt |
| Verdana | Sans serif | Matthew Carter |
| Color | HEX | HSL / oklch |
|---|---|---|
| Forest Green | #034D32 | hsl (158, 93%, 16%) oklch (37.4% 0.041 147.7°) |
| Accent Green | #028454 | hsl (158, 97%, 26%) oklch (54.4% 0.062 145.0°) |
| Mint | #00BD78 | hsl (158, 100%, 37%) oklch (70.7% 0.081 144.1°) |
| Accent BG | #E4F3EE | hsl (160, 38%, 92%) oklch (95.5% 0.020 48.6°) |
| Border | #C0DDD4 | hsl (161, 30%, 81%) oklch (87.7% 0.015 90.0°) |
| Background | #F9F9F9 | hsl (0, 0%, 98%) oklch (98.5% 0.030 28.9°) |
| Icons | Contributors | License |
|---|---|---|
| Lucide | Community fork of Feather Icons by Cole Bemis | MIT |
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