Fonts and reading ease Does the use of fancy type fonts slow down the reading of text on a computer screen? Adults can read four paragraphs of text in the common Times New Roman font in an average time of 22 seconds. Researchers asked a random sample of 24 adults to read this text in the ornate font named Gigi. Here are their times, in seconds:

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