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army1987 comments on Open Thread, June 2-15, 2013 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: [deleted] 15 June 2013 11:23:26AM 2 points [-]

I think I've noticed that I'm more willing to read long texts written in small font sizes than in large ones, and in sans-serif than in serif font.

I might try again to read A Gentle Introduction to Unqualified Reservations, but in a small, sans-serif typeface this time, to test this.

Comment author: gwern 16 June 2013 10:32:07PM 0 points [-]

in sans-serif than in serif font.

FWIW, most of my pages on gwern.net seem like they'd count as 'long texts', but my just concluded font A/B test using 2 sans-serif and 2 serif fonts doesn't see any difference in reading time when you split by serif: http://www.gwern.net/a-b-testing#fonts

Comment author: [deleted] 13 July 2013 07:08:25PM -1 points [-]

That only tests for the averages AFAICT -- there might well be people who read serif fonts faster and people who read sans-serif fonts faster.

Comment author: gwern 13 July 2013 07:48:26PM 1 point [-]

Since I don't know whether I like the Big Endians or Little Endians, I only care about the average.