[thelist] font questions

DAVOUD TOHIDY dtohidy at hotmail.com
Tue Nov 20 09:18:55 CST 2007


 on Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:38:57 +0000 Rob wrote:
> That's actually open for debate, sans-serif is reccommended for > readability with smaller font-sizes, serif fonts tend to be better > suited to headings. 
 
yes that is open for debate. an old debate. 
 
That is why i stated it is recommonded and not a rule or a fact.
For readability and usability sake serif fonts are better specially when
you apply increments. 
 
Serif fonts are designed for readability.
 
here is a discussion which may help more on this:
 
http://kurafire.net/log/archive/2005/07/23/typography-serif-vs-sans-serif
 
and another one:
 
http://hubel.sfasu.edu/courseinfo/SL99/typography.html
 
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