On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 14:31:52 -0600, Lee Daniel Crocker lee@piclab.com wrote:
- Article text should be in high-contrast colors that are not so
overly loud they induce eye strain, and serifed fonts are preferred for readability.
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From my personal experience I strongly disagree with this. I side with the
various research studies which show that whilst serifed fonts provide better readability on paper, sans-serif is more readable on screen. In addition, typefances with metrics that depart considerably from the norm (such as verdana) are best avoided. (My personal favourite is Trebuchet, which I use for nearly everything).
Perhaps the best solution is that font-family preference should be left entirely to the user?