From: Morton Goldberg <m_goldberg@...>
Date: 2006-08-06T02:19:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Ruby Cookbook

I'm glad to learn the book was set in Bookman. I like that font. I  
have impaired vision, and I find Bookman much easier to read than the  
more common Times Roman or Garamond.

Regards, Morton

On Aug 5, 2006, at 10:42 AM, Dave Thomas wrote:

>
> On Aug 4, 2006, at 3:56 PM, John Gabriele wrote:
>
>> No, it's not just you. The font is too wide. Your eyes have to zoom
>> uncomfortably fast back and forth across the page to read  
>> sentences at
>> your normal speed (i.e. not enough words per line). Maybe it's  
>> done to
>> make the book have more pages, dunno.
>
>
> Actually, we'd love the books to be fewer pages. However, we did a  
> fair amount of research on fonts, and we worked with readers early  
> on to see what fonts worked for them. The Bookman we use turned out  
> to give people the sense of being approachable while still being  
> readable. Everyone is different of course, and I understand what  
> you're saying about the width. At the same time, I get a fair  
> number of e-mails from folks saying they love the layouts.
>
> Every now and then I experiment with changing the fonts around (we  
> recently changed the code font in all our books to make it  
> narrower) and I'm still open to suggestions. But approachability is  
> still important to me, and I wouldn't want to go with anything harsh.