I agree entirely about mixing fonts types. However, it's my understanding
is that it's the serif fonts that can cause readability problems. Is this
wrong?
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, Darren Stephens wrote:
> I must admit to feeling uncomfortable with the idea of mixing serif and
> sans-serif fonts in the same specifier, especially if the fonts are to be
> used in larger amounts of body text. Using those sans-serif fonts could lead
> to readability problems. I forget the research in question (but its probably
> quite easy to find on the web somwhere), but there is experimental evidence
> to back up that premise.
>
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> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Philip TAYLOR [NTS10/O-NT] [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> > Sent: Thursday, November 21, 2002 1:50 PM
> > To: Rick Hobson
> > Cc: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: Fonts in CSS
> >
> > > > unlimited width) web pages. Far better, IMHO, to use the sequence
> > > >
> > > > Verdana, Tahoma, "Trebuchet MS", Georgia, Serif
> > > >
> > > > The first three are actually sans serif in appearance, and can
> > > > therefore be used in a font production list terminating in
> > > > "Sans-serif" as well.
> > > >
> > > > Philip Taylor, RHBNC
> > > >
> >
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