Scientific American uses David Berlow and Richard Lipton’s Apres to display headlines on the cover and inside pages. The letterforms’ simple design and generous proportions provide an easy visual experience to balance the content’s studious read.
The font sizes for your articles are difficult to read. I realize paper costs money but I fear you, at a minimum, are damaging the eye sights of our future scientists, or worse, discouraging the reading of provocative articles.
Hi Ronald, If in a paper journal the text is too small, it is indeed not very inviting to read!
This website (Fonts In Use) has – for better or worse – nothing to do with the font size in the Scientific American magazines. If you find the body text of Fonts In Use too small, fortunately it is a website. Simply press cmd and plus, until you find the font size comfortable.
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The font sizes for your articles are difficult to read. I realize paper costs money but I fear you, at a minimum, are damaging the eye sights of our future scientists, or worse, discouraging the reading of provocative articles.
Hi Ronald, If in a paper journal the text is too small, it is indeed not very inviting to read!
This website (Fonts In Use) has – for better or worse – nothing to do with the font size in the Scientific American magazines. If you find the body text of Fonts In Use too small, fortunately it is a website. Simply press cmd and plus, until you find the font size comfortable.