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What are your favorite fonts for technical reports? (mander.xyz)

submitted 2 years ago by DarthGraben@mander.xyz to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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I work at a consulting engineering firm and write a lot of reports that are read by the public. I have an opportunity to recommend a different font for all of our written documents and am looking for something more modern/fresh than Times New Roman. Also open to recommendations for purpose specific communities about typography/fonts.

[–] spaduf@slrpnk.net 11 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I've recently become a proponent of Atkinson Hyperlegible (while discovering I have some vision issues). Not sure if it's appropriate in your industry, but the improvements to accessibility are hard to argue with.

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[–] Helix@feddit.de 5 points 2 years ago

improvements to accessibility are hard to argue with.

It's pretty good, yes. But other fonts not specifically designed for this fare quite well in contrast to what you'd believe: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/garethfordwilliams_dont-believe-the-type-axe-con-2021-activity-6904510195884445696-93xG

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[–] DarthGraben@mander.xyz [S] 4 points 2 years ago (1 child)

Our designs have to comply with ADA, so accessibility is definitely a familiar consideration. This looks like any other professional looking sans-serif font, so if it's more accessible for low vision/vision impaired people, all the better! I like that uppercase i and lowercase L are distinguishable, which is a personal peeve I have with some sans serif fonts. Thanks for the suggestion!

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