Re: site critique

by "Stephanie Thrasher" <sjthrasher(at)jps.net>

 Date:  Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:25:26 -0700
 To:  <hwg-critique(at)hwg.org>
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That's true for print, but I don't think it holds true for monitors--the way
they render serif fonts makes them harder to read than sans serif.

Stephanie


> A quick criticism is that more and more web sites are depending on sans
> serif fonts for all text (helvetica, arial, etc.).  This is fine for
titles
> and headings, but I find serif fonts much easier to read on large amounts
of
> text (times roman, etc.).  Studies have shown this to be the case and this
> is why magazines and newspapers use serif fonts for their stories.
>
> Norman

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