Font change
Since my Web-design gurus say that sans-serif fonts are more readable on the screen than serif fonts (the opposite applies on paper), I am trying a switch to (depending on your system) Verdana, Arial, or generic sans-serif.
Archived pages are in the old font. Your comments are welcome.
Since my Web-design gurus say that sans-serif fonts are more readable on the screen than serif fonts (the opposite applies on paper), I am trying a switch to (depending on your system) Verdana, Arial, or generic sans-serif.
Archived pages are in the old font. Your comments are welcome.
posted by Chas S. Clifton at 9:31 AM Permalink
6 Comments:
i know that it's "common knowledge" at this point, but i still disagree. serifs or death!
Spoken like a calligrapher!
I think the sans serif font is a much gentler font on the eyes on-screen. My personal hypothesis as an amateur layout geek is that serif fonts have so many small pixellated areas on-screen, the eyes try to process them and get overworked. When printed, however, they smooth out and guide the eye.
Having visual issues, I actually prefer serif fonts...
What got me thinking about this issue was a class discussion where I was projecting various websites onto a large screen, using an LCD projector.
I could show definitely how serifs tend to "fuzz out".
My university's webmaster is a strong proponent of sans-serif type for the Web, and he has pretty well won me over, I think.
that's true: tv resolution is such that serifs waver or disappear.
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