Which fonts are best for on-screen reading?
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This question is not "what is the coolest font," but which font works best for reading text of any size on the computer screen. Only fonts pre-installed on a majority of computers - Mac and Windows - should be included in the answers.
If your answer isn't already below, please upload font samples from http://www.identifont.com for the most consistent images.
Tags: font, fonts, graphic design, typography, web design
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by Nate Piekos for
Providence Type.
I don't
know, I just love it.
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Those serif fonts are better
for print reading.
Sans-serif increases
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By Stanley Morison and
Victor Lardent for "The
Times of London" and
Monotype
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By Vincent Connare for
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By Howard Kettler for IBM
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By Stanley Morison and Victor Lardent for "The Times of London" and Monotype
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Those serif fonts are better for print reading. Sans-serif increases readability online.
But check out this article, it's inter...
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Those serif fonts are better for print reading. Sans-serif increases readability online.
But check out this article, it's interesting and promotes sans-serif and serif fonts especially designed for the web: http://www.poynter.o....asp?id=78569 [show less] |
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by Nate Piekos for Providence Type.
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Topic History
| fangism commented on the answer "It sure isn't Wingdings": "What's gibberish to one man is poet..." (1 year ago)
moonrunner88 added an answer: "It sure isn't Wingdings" (1 year ago)
Clover commented on the answer "Prov Architect NDP": "Sorry, I use it on my desktop compu..." (1 year ago)
Stewf commented on the answer "Prov Architect NDP": "Please read the poll description. T..." (1 year ago)
nathanderthal commented on the answer "Comic Sans": "I hate Comic Sans! It offends me! ..." (1 year ago)
Clover added an answer: "Prov Architect NDP" (1 year ago)
jennstephens added an answer: "Anything sans-serif" (2 years ago)
uewebawo commented on the answer "Courier": "or other fixed width fonts. they ca..." (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Times New Roman" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Trebuchet" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Geneva" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Comic Sans" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Courier" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Arial" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Monaco" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Lucida Grande/Sans" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Impact" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Helvetica" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Nina" (2 years ago)
Stewf added an answer: "Tahoma" (2 years ago)
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Topic Details
This topic was started by Stewf
on July 15th, 2006. 72 grupies have voted on one or more of the 17 answers.
Tags: font, fonts, graphic design, typography, web design
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