Does the font of a text impact how it is read? As part of an experiment, researchers developed two versions of a pamphlet encouraging students to exercise more regularly. One version was printed in Brush, a font designed to mimic handwriting, and the other used the Arial font. According to the results, students receiving the Arial handouts were significantly more enthusiastic about the idea of exercise than the ones who read the same message in Brush. The idea that a more readable font makes the message easier to take in and produces more positive results may seem obvious, but a second experiment suggests that illegible fonts may produce better recall. In a second study, student volunteers were asked to read information about a hypothetical alien species. Some of them were given the information printed in clear 16-point Arial font, while the others were given the less legible 12-point Comic Sans or 12-point Bodoni fonts. In a quiz fifteen minutes later, the readers of the less legible fonts were able to accurately remember significantly more details about the aliens than the group provided with the same information in Arial. The fonts had sufficiently slowed down the pace of reading to ensure better comprehension and recall.