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Re: Typefaces: Verdana vs. Times
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lugnet.publish
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Fri, 16 Apr 1999 01:29:58 GMT
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In article <37120fc7.9426893@lugnet.com>, blisses@worldnet.att.net (Steve
Bliss) wrote:
> On Sun, 11 Apr 1999 07:23:36 GMT, "Todd Lehman" <lehman@javanet.com> wrote:
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> > 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.
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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.
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> <http://home.att.net/~blisses/ldao/ldaddon.html>, if you don't believe me.
Hmm. Seems to me the whole typography thing
goes against the grain of how the web was
conceived. Isn't HTML supposed to be a
description of how a page is rendered, with
the particular web browser deciding on fonts?
FWIW, Steve's page looks excellent OMM, but then
I'm using Netscape 3.04 on my Mac. ;^)
-Tim
--
Tim and/or Shelley Rueger - rueger "at" io.com
WWW page: http://www.io.com/~rueger/
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| (...) Indeed it does go against the original intentions/conceptions. (...) Long ago it was supposed to be that way. But that was when physicists, mathematicians, and programmers were the only people using the web. It's possible (maybe even easy) to (...) (25 years ago, 16-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish)
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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 (25 years ago, 12-Apr-99, to lugnet.publish)
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