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Subject:Re: Preferred Font for Online Documents From:Kim Fawcett <kfawcett -at- DY4 -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 5 Oct 1995 14:31:00 DST
>I would appreciate any recommendations for fonts that are easy on the eye
>when viewed online. At this point, I no longer have any preconceived
>notions about sans-serif fonts being preferable to serif!
Hi John,
I used to use Arial for my help systems, but recently I've switched to using
MS Sans Serif (8pt for body text, 12 pt for major headings). I believe this
is what Microsoft and Corel use too. So far I like the results -- the text
seems much more readable than when I used Arial (although I couldn't
explain why).
Good luck!
- Kim Fawcett
(kfawcett -at- dy4 -dot- com)
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