To be fair, most studies on fonts, at least as they relate to reading speed, have shown that there's much more cultural variation than we realize. Different lin

To be fair, most studies on fonts, at least as they relate to reading speed, have shown that there's much more cultural variation than we realize. Different line spacing, serifs vs sans serifs, font weights, etc can all affect reading speed positively or negatively based on age of the reader or cultural background. It turns out that the fastest fonts to read in are the ones people have practiced using the most. Given this, perhaps a more useful metric would be the maximum reading speeds for each font. This could give us something of an idea of what is possible given sufficient proficiency. Fonts like Atkinson Hyperlegible are very well designed around some simple but well accepted principles yet, to most people without a designer's eye, it looks like any other sans serif font --- PS if you wanna keep up with the latest in font readability research, you should check out the Readability Consortium: https://www.thereadabilityconsortium.org/ https://www.thereadabilityconsortium.org/