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Subject:Re: Fonts for Online documents From:DIGEST Bruce Byfield <byfield -at- DIRECT -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 21 Jun 1996 16:00:05 +0800
Tim Altom is right: whether serif or sans-serif fonts are easier to read seems
to be partly culturally determined. I've seen several European word processors
on different operating platforms whose defaults are san serif--usually Helvetica.
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