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Subject:Re: On-line Help: Arial v. Times New Roman From:TRIAD Services <TRIADserv -at- AOL -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 22 Sep 1997 08:58:17 -0400
As a former typesetter, I was taught that serif fonts were more readable, at
least in small sizes. For larger sizes, we leaned toward sans serif.
In recent years, as interfaces have become more graphical, it seems that a
shift has been made to use sans serif faces. Now it seems that Helvetica or
Arial is the face of choice for many online help apps. All my E-mail programs
use sans serif as default.
In response to your question, there may have been a shift in collective
wisdom, but if anything it shifted to your side of the fence.
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