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Williams, Diane (contractor) wrote:
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>I was also asked "When would you NOT use a SANS Seriff font?" >I've been a tech writer for 4 yrs, and honestly I felt this >was a
preference" question. Is there a real answer?<<
I don't know, but I suspect that the interviewer was trying to see if
you knew the convention of using sans serifs for headings and serifs for
body text.
However, the interviewer may also have shown his or her limited
knowledge of typography because, as you say, this convention is simply a
preference, or a design issue dependent on context.
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