Kriss Fearnon (York) sent me this message which explains the confusion
over this issue. Thanks to Kriss.
"Traditionally serifs have been better for readability of printed
documents (although this seems to be changing now) while sans are better
on screen.
Kriss"
On Thu, 21 Nov 2002, David R. Newman wrote:
> Rick Hobson wrote:
> > Besides, no one should use a serif font for rendering a large
> > body of text, they are _all_ unsuitable. Sans-serif fonts are generally
> > accepted as much more readable and "user-friendly".
>
> I thought the research into readability showed that fonts with serifs
> are MORE readable for large paragraphs, but less readable for short
> headlines?
>
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