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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:Susan Brown <susan -at- COOKERY -dot- OTTAWA -dot- ON -dot- CA> Date:Fri, 24 Jul 1998 18:14:33 -0400
At 04:47 PM 7/23/98 -0500, Bergen, Jane wrote:
>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.
>
>
I hav tried several different fonts, and I certainly like Verdana above
all for on-line use. And yes, this font was commissioned by Microsoft
specially for online use.
Susan Brown
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