The Best Font for MY Phone
I was using the default font on my Samsung phone, but I tried to change it. The font I settled on is SamsungOne. Why ?
1st party vs 3rd party ๐
I prefer to use stock experience and first party solutions. SamsungOne is a font provided by Samsung itself and available inside the settings without installing any third party apps.
Readability ๐
- Clarity: SamsungOne font has clear letterforms and good contrast between strokes and background. It is not overly decorative or thin fonts, which is good especially at smaller sizes.
- distinguishable letters: I love SamsungOne because the letters are clear and distinguishable; small L is distinguishable from capital I. The letters have a little cursive aspect, and I like it.
- Spacing: SamsungOne font has proper letter spacing (tracking) and line spacing (leading) for easy reading.
- X-height: A taller x-height (the height of lowercase letters) generally improves readability. SamsungOne has taller lowercase letters.
Resources Usage ๐
Third party fonts may not be optimized for using less resources and battery life. But first party fonts usually are optimized to use less battery power and less resources. That’s why I claimed that I prefer 1st party software in general.
Samsung is proud they created the font. They published a news story about it .
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