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Where I Lived, and What I Lived For
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Our life is frittered away by detail. An honest man has hardly need to count more than his ten fingers, or in extreme cases he may add his ten toes, and lump the rest. Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Bookmarked. Page 113, Solitude.
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Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 200–900 · optical sizes. Made for long reading on screens. Optical sizes.
Source Serif 4
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 200–900 · optical sizes. A sturdy text serif with optical sizes; even color.
Newsreader
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 200–800 · optical sizes. Made for on-screen news reading. Optical sizes.
EB Garamond
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 400–800. A revival of Garamond: the classic book page.
Crimson Pro
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 200–900. An old-style book face, light and lively.
Alegreya
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 400–900. Calligraphic and warm, designed for literature.
Lora
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 400–700. A brushed contemporary serif, moderate contrast.
Merriweather
Simplicity
I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately, to front only the essential facts of life, and see if I could not learn what it had to teach, and not, when I came to die, discover that I had not lived.
Simplicity, simplicity, simplicity!
Weights 300–900 · optical sizes. Large, sturdy and open, drawn for screens. Optical sizes.
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Atkinson Hyperlegible Next
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 200–800. Letters drawn to stay distinct at low vision.
Inter
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 100–900 · optical sizes. A neutral interface face, tall and open. Optical sizes.
Source Sans 3
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 200–900. A humanist sans with a long, calm text history.
Lexend
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 100–900. Spaced and shaped to ease reading proficiency.
IBM Plex Sans
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 100–700. Engineered and grotesque, with a human hand.
Figtree
Il1 O0 rn m
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Weights 300–900. Friendly geometric, clean and light.