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> > Yes I believe this is correct when talking about printed > text. However > > text displayed on a screen will typically have a much lower > resolution > > than printed text and this makes serif fonts such as Times > Roman far > > less legible. All those fussy little serifs get a bit lost. > > So if we should use serifed fonts for print, why is our > examinations office insisting all exam papers should be > written in 11 pt Arial? Are the needs of a legible PDF > document for revision next year overriding the readability of > the paper in the examination room? If we are referring to HTML resources (as implied by the subject of this thread) we should be using different stylesheets for onscreen reading and printing. This has been in CSS since the start. PDF is more limited :-( Brian > -- > Dr. David R. Newman, Queen's University Belfast, School of > Management and Economics, Belfast BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland > (UK) Tel. (direct) +44 (0)28 9027 3643 (office) +44 (0)28 9033 5011 > FAX: +44 (0)28 9033 5156 mailto:[log in to unmask] > http://www.qub.ac.uk/mgt/staff/dave/ >