[thelist] Common Fonts

[Jacob Stetser]

I saw that a while back, but they a) don't test other alternatives, 
such as Verdana, Georgia, etc. and they b) didn't test these fonts on 
the Mac as well.

All they managed to do was prove that on screen, san-serif fonts are 
often slightly more readable at 12pt size.

It's interesting, but too limited in scope.

>http://wsupsy.psy.twsu.edu/surl/usabilitynews/2S/font.htm
>So, What Size and Type of Font Should I Use on My Website?
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>The question is which face is more readable at which size...
>
>The above link is one of the best studies on digital fonts.
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>Memo from Martin P Burns of PricewaterhouseCoopers
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>Actually Jacob, there is a serious point here -
>Arial and Geneva are both variations on Helvetica, but are
>tweaked for improved on-screen legibility.
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>Helvetica is designed for print use, and isn't very good on-screen.
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>Times isn't that good onscreen either, but I don't have an
>alternative seriffed font to suggest.
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>Reading material:
>Stop Stealing Sheep & Find Out How Type Works
>http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/0201703394/martin043
>(probably the best typography book for non-typographers)
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>This is now on my Library article:
>http://evolt.org/article/Building_a_library/25/2448/evolt.org
>htttp://www.easyweb.co.uk/articles/library.html
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>Cheers
>Martin
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>Subject:  RE: [thelist] Common Fonts
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>Eric,
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>Be sure to read the suggestions others have made regarding this. A
>good alternative if you really want Arial as your Windows font is to
>use a Mac-only font first in your choices - for example, font-family:
>Geneva, Arial, Helvetica;
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>Geneva is a pretty good looking Mac font and will do just fine for an
>Arial replacement on the Mac, Arial will show up on Windows, and for
>those hapless (I'm JOKING :) :) :) ) UNIX users, Helvetica should
>take up the cause.
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