Studies need to further examine the effect of different fonts on reading comprehension. Times New Roman has consistently been found to be quicker to read than Arial. Arial tends to be preferred over Times New Roman. Times New Roman, on the other hand, has been found to have low preference scores in these studies. The percentage of times each font was chosen as the 1st or 2nd preference choice For anti-aliased fonts, Arial may be the best font choice.
Older Adults are more accurate with, and prefer larger font sizes.
They also prefer sans serif fonts over serif fonts. The sans serif fonts were, however, generally more preferred than the serif fonts. Mean reading time in seconds Figure 5. The percentage of times each font was chosen as the 1st or 2nd preference choice. Both 12-point Georgia and Times were not selected as a 1st or 2nd choice.