Re: Comic Sans [was: Re: Text Line Length}

>I try to stick with generic sorts of fonts because frankly, other 
>than the occasional freak like myself who actually can name off 
>fonts on sight (you should hear some of the conversations my best 
>friend and I have about fonts...we don't even discuss men in such 
>detail [see above comment about needing a life]) I don't want people 
>to NOTICE my fonts. I pick something to use for title graphics that 
>suites the client, their business, and the audience we're after. But 
>the body copy should be, IMO, as unobtrusive as possible. I don't 
>want the average user to have an conscious thought about the font 
>they see when the come into a site I've designed, and I certainly 
>wouldn't want to give them any sort of impression about the type of 
>content they're about to find based my (or a client's) choice of 
>font. The purpose of the site is to convey information about a 
>client/product. Part (all?) of design is making the information 
>available to those who desire it in a manner that the RECEIVE it. 
>They need to be able to find the info they are after, they need to 
>be able to navigate the site with ease, it needs to function in 
>their browser, and they need to be able to read it. My design is to 
>make those things happen in the least obtrusive manner, and I 
>certainly don't want people focusing on the design of the site when 
>they are surfing it.
>
>Just a couple more cents' worth from the silly girl in the corner. 
>Now I wonder what I'll think about while I vacuum?
>
Wot?? Have you read 'The Crystal Goblet' by Beatrice Warde? The 
language is a bit dated but the message isn't. Good typography, web 
or print, is about everything you said above.

Cheers.
Freda
-- 
Spaceship Earth: The problem for the passengers is that there is no 
manual to identify all the parts, and no instructions for the 
passengers on how to operate the spaceship. - Richard Buckminster 
Fuller. 

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