Reply To: Siddur

@lesschumras- I agree with the clear font, that is very important. But there are so many other publishers which have very clear and beautiful siddurim especially nowadays. For example kaftor v’perach make a really nice siddur I think it comes out of Williamsburg. Also tefillas kol peh has a very interesting font, it isn’t as clear as the former but definitely clear enough and a great pleasure to daven from. It looks very antiquated and every paragraph has a different type font so it looks as if it were compiled a long time ago. Anyone heard of siddur Vilna? Do any kehillos use that one?

I personally like the clarity of the artscroll obviously but the font tends to be pretty small for some users and also it looks too formal as if it were typed up on Microsoft word. Other siddurim combine interesting font and layout of paragraphs together with crystal clear and larger text. It starts to get confusing when using a siddur that has conflicting minhagim written on the page especially when it’s from the same “brand”.
Besides most of the other siddurim I’ve mentioned or ones I haven’t are probably much better than the artscroll and also much cheaper. So I’m not sure why shuls insist on artscroll. Hebrew English is another thing.