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RE: Readability studies on fonts--serif and sans serif
Subject:RE: Readability studies on fonts--serif and sans serif From:"Brierley, Sean" <Sean -at- Quodata -dot- Com> To:TECHWR-L <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com>, "'Eric J. Ray'" <ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Fri, 3 Mar 2000 14:39:44 -0500
Hallo:
I heard of a similar study, about sans being better on-screen. But, see for
yourself. Stack up a serif versus a sans and see what you think. I think
that I prefer the size of the serif font to be a little larger than a sans,
on-screen. Typically, I set my web fonts in this order:
verdana,arial,helvetica (all sans). That should cover most machines . . ..
Of course, local browser settings override those font selections . . ..
Best regards.
Sean
sean -at- quodata -dot- com
(aside cc'd to Eric as you suggested.)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Scudder, Beth [SMTP:beth_scudder -at- retek -dot- com]
>
> I'm trying to determine what font is best for Web publishing in terms of
> readability. I'm pretty sure that the various studies I've read on this
> from
> time to time indicated that sans serif fonts were found to be more
> readable.
>
> Can anyone confirm (or deny) this for me?
>
> Thanks!
>
> --Beth Scudder
