Comments on: Typography Change

By: foobat

foobat — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:51:26 +0000

try Verdana instead of Helvetica, you could also ajust using something like:
letter-spacing: 0.15em;
to spread the characters out a tad.

personally, i like my heading and titles to be a nice big serif (Georgia at 16px or 18px) and Verdana for the body copy.

By: Ut videam

Ut videam — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 05:37:22 +0000

“I usually prefer sans-serif fonts on the Internet.”

I tend to agree—if I’m stuck with Windows’ crappy on-screen text rendering. On the Mac though (or Safari for Windows, which I guess does text rendering through Quartz libraries?) serif fonts are much easier on the eyes at smaller point sizes.

By: Robert Koehler

Robert Koehler — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:24:52 +0000

A couple of other folk said the same thing, and they appear to be right. Switched back.

That being said, I usually prefer sans-serif fonts on the Internet.

By: tz247

tz247 — Wed, 22 Aug 2007 03:05:37 +0000

Traditionally, typography is the opposite. Sans-serif for headlines (makes an impact) and serif for copy (makes it easier to read small words close together. So you’ve actually made it harder on the eyes…