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Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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lugnet.publish
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Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:23:36 GMT
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In lugnet.cad.dev, Tim Courtney writes:
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> Ok. I will design it with both Verdana and Arial in mind. The last thing
> we need is another Times New Roman page on the web :| AACK!
Hey, there's nothing wrong with Times -- it just depends how you use it.
In most occurrences, it's not used to its full potential.
If you've got a large amount of body-text meant to be read sequentially,
then Times is a great choice -- and serif typefaces are also much easier
to read in large amount when printed on paper, even if sans-serif typefaces
are easier to read on this century's low-resolution video displays.
If you've got a header or title text meant to be scanned, then Times isn't
usually a good choice, unless you consciously want a more formalized look
and feel on the page. (Times also shows up more readable sometimes in
hyperlinks because of its fuller descenders; unfortunately, it's horribly
ugly at <FONT SIZE="-2">.)
The nice thing about Verdana -- (I'd forgotten all about this) -- is that
even though Microsoft is known for distributing and popularizing it, it
doesn't carry that dorky "MS" suffix like "Trebuchet MS" does. And even
better yet, it's the same height on-screen as Arial at <FONT SIZE="-2"> but
it's a bit wider and more readable at very small sizes.
--Todd
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 | | Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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| (...) But Verdana can be easily misused when it falls into the wrong hands. Just look at most of my webpages as an example. They're generally pretty bad. (URL), if you don't believe me. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish)
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| (...) Ok. I will design it with both Verdana and Arial in mind. The last thing we need is another Times New Roman page on the web :| AACK! Thanx for the pointers about CSS.. Keep Building!! -Tim <>< (URL) timcourtne ICQ: 23951114 You've seen their (...) (26 years ago, 10-Apr-99, to lugnet.cad.dev)
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