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RE: SUMMARY: Readability studies on fonts--serif and sans serif
Subject:RE: SUMMARY: Readability studies on fonts--serif and sans serif From:"Christensen, Kent" <lkchris -at- sandia -dot- gov> To:"'TECHWR-L'" <TECHWR-L -at- LISTS -dot- RAYCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 7 Mar 2000 08:00:17 -0700
In html you can simply specify <FONT FACE=sans serif> or <FONT FACE=serif>,
which is more "generic" than specifying a font name such as arial. Works in
both browsers. Can be overridden by user in Netscape but not Internet
Explorer. It would be a pretty determined Netscape user. BTW, the New York
Times on the web uses <FONT FACE=times>. What do we suppose this means?
