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Old 01-02-2007, 11:31 AM   #1
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Default Favorite font setting? (size v. clarity)

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Does anyone have a good font setting that balances between legibility and small size? (To get more legible characters on screen.)

BBMillbank Tall 9 bold is very legible but very large, so not a lot of text fits on the screen. Right now I'm using BBClarity 7 bold. I've tried BBMillbank Tall 8 and BBCondensed 7 or 8 (bold and not), and these don't seem as easy to read.

Any other ideas for font settings?

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Old 01-02-2007, 11:51 AM   #2
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I use BBMillbank Tall 7 bold, seems to get more content on the screen and is not too small to read clearly.
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Old 01-02-2007, 11:55 AM   #3
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Unfortunately, its going to be VERY subjective... You'll get a lot of responses that aren't worth much to you. ;)

However, I, with young healthy eyes, prefer BBMillbankTall at size 7, no bolding (I find bold to lower clarity, with this font). This is fairly small, but I really like having a lot on the screen, and I don't mind the small size.

I read ebooks on my Pearl with Mobipocket Reader (which works nicely, once you get the hang of it, I just finished reading the entire Ender series on it), and for that, I use BBClarity, and a size equivalent to 7 (no bold). Mobipocket reader calls that size "15", but that doesn't correspond to the system font size numbers.

Also, and most critically, I change the background to black, and the text to a very light yellow, which is a combination known to reduce eye fatigue. Its a shame we can't change the colors for the email reading screens...

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Old 01-02-2007, 12:41 PM   #4
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Thanks for the replies. I know it is very subjective (and many folks have better eyes than my aging ones!). I was looking for some settings to try out, because it gets old trying everything and soime fonts seem either more or less legible on a whole screen than on the one-sentence 'live' preview.
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Old 01-02-2007, 12:44 PM   #5
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I am currently using BBCasual 7, no bolding to get most on the screen. The font was the best balance between readability and size for me...
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Old 01-02-2007, 12:54 PM   #6
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I am currently using BBCasual 7, no bolding to get most on the screen. The font was the best balance between readability and size for me...

I also prefer BBCasual 7; however, I do prefer the bolding so as to get a better (for me and my poor eyesight) balance between readability and size.
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Old 01-02-2007, 03:42 PM   #7
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I'm trying BBCasual 8 with no bold and I like it. (7 was a bit small for me.) You get much more on screen than with BBClarity 7. Glad I asked!!
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Old 01-02-2007, 05:08 PM   #8
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another one for bbcasual 7 no bold.......
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Old 01-02-2007, 05:31 PM   #9
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I make my font as small as possible with bold. Yes, I know it's tiny but I want to get as much as possible fit on the screen.
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Old 01-02-2007, 05:51 PM   #10
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Quote:
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I use BBMillbank Tall 7 bold, seems to get more content on the screen and is not too small to read clearly.
me too
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Old 01-02-2007, 06:37 PM   #11
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BBCasual for me. 8 Point, Plain with smoothing on. I mess with other settings but keep coming back to this.
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Old 01-02-2007, 07:05 PM   #12
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Man I must be old. I use bbcasual bold 12.
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Old 01-02-2007, 08:08 PM   #13
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Just read it again. I use BB casual 12 Bold for address book and options menu. I use BB casual 8 plain for browser. How did you change the backround color ?
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Old 01-02-2007, 10:01 PM   #14
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BB Millbank Tall 12 Bold for these old eyes, and I'd go bigger if it didn't get ridiculous on the little Pearl screen.

The ability to resize text so flexibly was a big part of my decision to finally go to a blackberry.

It's too bad the Opera mini browser limits text resizing, because I love its functionality.
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Old 01-02-2007, 10:17 PM   #15
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BB Casual 9 Bold- very readable, and stylish to boot.
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Love it! You guys just completely just changed my "views" of the fonts! I get way more on the screen!
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Old 01-02-2007, 10:34 PM   #17
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Bravo you guys! now i can read the names of the MP3's im playing on my phone. I don't know why, i just never questioned the size of the font as why i couldn't. Just another reason to love the BB!
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Old 01-03-2007, 12:40 AM   #18
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BB Casual 9 Bold works for me. I can do 8 but why not bigger?
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Old 01-03-2007, 01:51 AM   #19
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BBCasual 7 for me. I like it nice n small and cute.

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BBCasual 8 Bold Smoothing Off
(never knew it was so popular)
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