RE: serif & sans serif fonts

["Combs, Richard" <richard -dot- combs -at- Polycom -dot- com>]

Mary Elaine Lora wrote:
 
> Do you use serif or sans-serif fonts for (1) printed 
> documentation and (2) online documentation (i.e., PDF files)? 

Yes. 

>  Can you give me links to authoritative articles on the 
> readability of serif vs sans-serif?  

No. 

> A Google search turned 
> up thousands of sites with conflicting opinions/research. 
> Whom do you feel is the real authority on this issue?

Are you asking us because you want still more conflicting
opinions/research? :-)

Happy Friday!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
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Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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rgcombs AT gmailDOTcom
303-777-0436
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