An Issue On On-Line Reading

[Guest]

Font sides.

Authors, what font size do you usually use? As an prolific on-line reader of Lit-stories(i.e. the Emperor), I have a pet peeve about the font size.

Take Riven Caulfield, for e.g.-one of the best writer on Lit-uses size 11? 12? (Size is important: a major slut told me) Really easy to read.

Some others use smaller font: probably 10 or below (micro penis).

My advice to you--after you've perfected your style, grammar, etc--is to think about the readability. Some of the readers, unlike myself, are really old and hard of seeing.

Think about it.

 

[wildsweetone]

ever tried copy and pasting a story into your own system, then enlarging the font size for yourself?

frankly i didn't realise i could choose my story font size. that's interesting. i'll look more closely now.

 

[dr_mabeuse]

I don't miond the size so much as I mind that sans serif font. What is it, Helvitica or Arial? I thought Western Civilization had finished with that Bauhaus "modernism". Every time I read a story here it's like reading instructions for and electric toothbrush.

I'm pretty sure that studies have shown that serf fonts are more readable and reader-friendly than these things where all the lines are the same weight. I'd much prefer posting in Times new Roman. (Ever read a book in Helvitica? You don't see many these days, thank God.)

I'm also one of those people who is a lot happier reading hard copy. I just don't like reading off a screen. Unfortunately, cutting and pasting a story into Word and then printing it is kind of a hassle.

---dr.M.

 

[Weird Harold]

I don't miond the size so much as I mind that sans serif font. What is it, Helvitica or Arial? I thought Western Civilization had finished with that Bauhaus "modernism". Every time I read a story here it's like reading instructions for and electric toothbrush.

Literotica uses <font size="2" face="Verdana,Arial,Helvetica, sans-serif"> on all stories. Authors cannot choose their font or font size. This restriction is imposed to maintain a uniform appearance to the stories.


If the font at Literotica is too small for comfortable reading, go to View/Text Size and increase it to a size that is readable -- I usually shift to "Largest" when reading stories here at Lit. Here at Lit, the text size function works like it is intended too. At other sites, I cut and paste into MS Word and reformat to Times New Roman at size 14 for easier reading.

 

[jfinn]

Here I just submit txt in Courier because I saw that everything was uniform and figured that was that. But on other sites where I have a choice, I'll pick and choose depending on the style and content of the story, but I try not to get to fancy because that can get tiresome to read. I always use 12 point type, regardless of the font I pick.

But regardless of what I choose for the finished product, I write exclusively in Comic Sans 13. It's just easier on my eyes and I can see it whether I have my contacts in or not.

Jayne

 

[Riven___Caulfield]

I use 12-pt Times New Roman - as far as I know, all the stories in Lit are automatically set to the same font size - you could just go into your computer settings and tell it to set the font size as Large - then everything's big

 

[Svenskaflicka]

I'm pretty sure that studies have shown that serf fonts are more readable and reader-friendly than these things where all the lines are the same weight. I'd much prefer posting in Times new Roman.

Being a journalist, I can confirm this. I've been trained to only use sans-serif for headlines, as they are great for getting someones's attention, but for longer texts, one should use reader-friendly serif-fonts, like Times New Roman.

That's my favourite font.

 

[KillerMuffin]

I write in default font exclusively. Whatever's up when I pop open the processor. Generally Times New Roman 12 point. Which is also the most acceptable font when submitting to publishers and pasting into scripts or email because it doesn't come with pesky word processor codes.

 

[PaulX35]

Another Times man

I'm with the dr and svenskaflicka: for longer text, nothing beats the quiet clarity of Times New Roman font. Modern stuff like we use here is ok for smaller work.

Paul