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Subject:On-line Help: Arial v. Times New Roman From:Ron D Rhodes <Ron_D_Rhodes -at- MAIL -dot- BANKONE -dot- COM> Date:Fri, 19 Sep 1997 14:35:56 -0400
Dear On-Line Authors,
Recently I discovered that the new version of HDK can use the Time New
Roman font. I was so excited that I immediately changed my Normal
text style from Arial to Times. I loved the way it looked because it
reminded me of a written manual.
To make a long story short, a savvy HDK developer told me that, for
on-line help, Times New Roman is harder to read than Arial. I
consequently took a fresh look at my help file and now I think she
might be right.
Is she right? Unfortunately, I think she is. But I am still too
attached to my help file to change the font yet. I would appreciate
input from anyone who could talk me into (or out of) changing the font
back to Arial.
Thank you,
Ron Rhodes
ron_d_rhodes -at- mail -dot- bankone -dot- com
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