Re: Re(2): Font Selection Methodology

["Dick Margulis " <margulis -at- mail -dot- fiam -dot- net>]

Jan,

I'm about to start incurring per-minute hotel charges, so I'm not going to take the time to give a lengthy answer here. You can check the archives, where I've addressed this at length. The main issue is that there are dozens of variables that cannot be controlled for when you swap one font for another radically different one and measure the resulting readability. This sort of study might possibly be doable with Adobe Multiple Master technology and InDesign software, but I'm not aware of anyone's having done so in a careful and controlled manner.

Dick

---------- Original Message ----------------------------------
From: Jan Henning <henning -at- r-l -dot- de>
Date:  Wed, 17 Apr 2002 12:14:30 +0200

>>There have been many studies that purported to be scientific, but, from
>>first principles, such a study is impossible to design;
>
>An intersting statement. Could you elaborate?
>


^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
Free copy of ARTS PDF Tools when you register for the PDF
Conference by April 30. Leading-Edge Practices for Enterprise
& Government, June 3-5, Bethesda,MD. www.PDFConference.com

Are you using Doc-to-Help or ForeHelp? Switch to RoboHelp for Word for $249
or to RoboHelp Office for only $499. Get the PC Magazine five-star rated
Help authoring tool for less! Go to http://www.ehelp.com/techwr

---
You are currently subscribed to techwr-l as: archive -at- raycomm -dot- com
To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-techwr-l-obscured -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com
Send administrative questions to ejray -at- raycomm -dot- com -dot-  Visit
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/ for more resources and info.