Re: Arial vs. Helvetica.

From	Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Arial vs. Helvetica.
Date	2017-08-03 10:30 +0200
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On 02/08/17 16:34, Joe wrote:
> Incidentally, serifs were invented to make blocks of text easier to
> read, so Times or similar would be a better choice for paragraphs, with
> a sans-serif font more suited to bold headings. Newspaper sites (not
> surprisingly including The Times) use serif fonts.

On a computer screen, I tend to find that sans or quasi-sans (e.g. fonts 
where 'I' and 'l' have serifs but other letters mostly don't) fonts are 
more comfortable to read (and, in particular, hold up better at small 
point sizes).

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Arial vs. Helvetica. peter@easthope.ca - 2017-08-02 16:40 +0200
  Re: Arial vs. Helvetica. <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2017-08-02 16:50 +0200
  Re: Arial vs. Helvetica. Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2017-08-02 17:40 +0200
    Re: Arial vs. Helvetica. Martin Read <zen75502@zen.co.uk> - 2017-08-03 10:30 +0200
      Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-08-03 14:30 +0200
        Re: Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-08-03 15:50 +0200
          Re: Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2017-08-03 17:40 +0200
            Re: Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) rhkramer@gmail.com - 2017-08-04 15:00 +0200
              Re: Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@panix.com> - 2017-08-04 15:40 +0200
        Re: Fonts readability (was: Arial vs. Helvetica.) Henrique de Moraes Holschuh <hmh@debian.org> - 2017-08-03 18:00 +0200
  Re: Arial vs. Helvetica. Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2017-08-03 22:50 +0200

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