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Re: Is there a standard use of fonts for online help?
Subject:Re: Is there a standard use of fonts for online help? From:"Bergen, Jane" <janeb -at- ANSWERSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Jul 1998 16:47:31 -0500
Yes, Arial and MS Sans are the most common, but Microsoft's new help
uses Verdana (free from the Microsoft site) and I think I read somewhere
that they developed this JUST FOR online help. I've started using it in
all my online because it's a nice, open, extremely readable text, even
at smaller sizes. You might want to take a look at it.
Jane
Jane Bergen, Technical Writer
AnswerSoft, Inc.
Richardson, TX (972)997-8355
Someone asked:
> > Is there a standard use of fonts for online help? For
> printed doc, you
> > typically use a serif font (like times new roman) for body
> text and a
> > sans serif font (like arial) for headings. But it seems
> like the online
> > help I've looked at is all sans serif for both body text
> and headings
> > (which are then in bold). Is this considered the standard? Thanks,
Vicki Preston answered:
> It's the preferred way to go because sans serifs are easier
> to read on-screen than serifs.
>
> The two most common fonts used in online help are Arial and
> MS Sans Serif.
