{"id":4115,"date":"2015-06-25T20:11:41","date_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/?p=4115"},"modified":"2015-06-25T20:18:15","modified_gmt":"2015-06-25T18:18:15","slug":"amazon-bookerly-vs-google-literata-fight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oelna.de\/blog\/4115","title":{"rendered":"Amazon Bookerly vs Google Literata: Fight!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, both Amazon (with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcodesign.com\/3046678\/the-kindle-finally-gets-typography-that-doesnt-suck\" data-external=\"true\">Bookerly<\/a>) and Google (with <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GooglePlay\/status\/600345181779566593\" data-external=\"true\">Literata<\/a>) announced\/released a family of fonts tailored to the specific needs and capabilities of ebook and tablet screens. The fonts are meant to make reading long-form texts, Ebooks for example, less straining for the eyes. They also look particularly nice on today&#8217;s medium- to high-res screens.<\/p>\n<p>I am looking forward to giving them both a try. My first impression was, they both look great and like a good improvement on the exisiting fonts that have been used until now. It is a shame that many devices, such as the Amazon Kindle don&#8217;t offer (more simple) means to supplement the preinstalled fonts by installing additional ones.<\/p>\n<p>As kind of a type nerd I like to compare the little differences and details in typefaces, so I put these two side by side. Now you can check them out as well. I even made a longer paragraph so I could get an impression of how the type will look when used for actual books. Click on the images for the original resolution, or download the <a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts.pdf\">source PDF<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_regular.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_regular.png\" class=\"content_image retina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Bookerly vs Literata (regular)\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_italic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_italic.png\" class=\"content_image retina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Bookerly vs Literata (italic)\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_bold.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_bold.png\" class=\"content_image retina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Bookerly vs Literata (bold)\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_bolditalic.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_bolditalic.png\" class=\"content_image retina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"800\" alt=\"Bookerly vs Literata (bold italic)\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_sample.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"wp-photos\/2015-06-25\/ebook_fonts_sample.png\" class=\"content_image retina\" width=\"2000\" height=\"1500\" alt=\"Bookerly vs Literata (long-form text)\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>My verdict is: both are pretty good! Personally, I like the slightly straighter approach of Bookerly a little better. But especially the bold weights are equally nice and impressive. Good job by both Amazon and Google!<\/p>\n<p>PS: Could be fun the put Apple&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/San_Francisco_(2014_typeface)\" data-external=\"true\">San Francisco<\/a> up here as well. Not quite the same application, but I&#8217;m happy to see many of the large corporations put their weight behind better typography.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently, both Amazon (with Bookerly) and Google (with Literata) announced\/released a family of fonts tailored to the specific needs and capabilities of ebook and tablet screens. The fonts are meant to make reading long-form texts, Ebooks for example, less straining for the eyes. They also look particularly nice on today&#8217;s medium- to high-res screens. 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