Model Railway Journal Milestone

Dan Randall

Western Thunderer
One thing I would like to see is a review of the fonts they use. I almost gave the magazine up a year ago since my ageing eyes had a hard time with the main text font, and the caption font was unreadable. A cataract operation and cornea transplant improved matters but the caption font is still a bit of a struggle. I did check back to my early editions to see what Bob Barlow did and they were much more legible. The main text font seemed to be slightly smaller but it was bold and black. The caption font was about the same size, but was much bolder and had serifs. The present day main font is serif, but not bold and the caption text is non serif, fine and non-bold.

Jim.

I agree - the earlier issues were much more legible. I wonder why the font has changed - surely it can't be about saving a few bob on ink?....


Regards

Dan
 

Alan

Western Thunderer
I, too, have sometimes struggled to read MRJ easily. I've often wondered why the font size is so small. I presume that saves on paper.
 
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