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Subject:Re: Developer's guide From:Donald Le Vie <dlevie -at- VLINE -dot- NET> Date:Wed, 14 Jul 1999 08:21:35 -0500
A principal reason for using a serif font in text is based on the physiology
of the eye and its movement across a page, not on tradition. Same with using
a sans serif font for online docs/help...different medium, different
physiologic response.
Donn Le Vie
Integrated Concepts
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> Greetings Sideways Smiley Face!
>
> <g>
>
> > And besides, the old rationales for using Times New Roman for
> > body text are as antiquated as the convention to wear a neck tie in an
>
> The reason I insist on using a Serif font for body text does have a valid
> reason behind it besides tradition. Far be it from me to stick to
> tradition
> for tradition's sake! Gadzooks!
>
> The reason that the Serif font is better for body text is because the
> stems
> at the base of each letter forms a line that the eye can easily follow.
>
> If the stems are not there, then the eye has a hard time following the
> line,
> making it difficult for the person to absorb the material since the eye is
> moving all over the place.
>
> Sans Serif fonts are great for titles because the titles are brief and set
> off the body text. I like to use Serif fonts for body text and Sans Serif
> fonts for titles just so the eye gets used to the difference and can find
> the main information easily.
>
> The only reason I can see (so far) to use a Sans Serif font for body text
> is
> for online help. Serif fonts don't read very well on screen as they do on
> paper.
>
> And those are my thoughts on that.
> --
> Be seeing you,
>
> Dave
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