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I remember taking a class on online presentation. Online is VERY
different from print. They said to use sans-seriffed fonts (like Arial
or Helvetica). For colors: Navy, Dark Green and Maroon on a light
gray or cream background are supposed to be the gentlest on the
eyes.
That class was quite a while ago, however, I have never heard anything
to dispute it.
Melonie Holliman
mailto: LonieH -at- aol -dot- com
In a message dated 8/18/98 8:34:57 AM Central Daylight Time,
dmax -at- BELLATLANTIC -dot- NET writes:
<< "What's the best color, font (serif, or sans-serif), size for text to be
easily readable on the web?" We have long scrolling pages on our
website and I want it to be easy on our students. >>
