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Re: Serif vs sans-serif

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From: Austin, Darrel
Date: Jan 3, 2007 3:30PM

> I know this is an old debate, but I thought I'd revisit it,
> and see if anyone is aware of conclusive evidence that
> supports either serif or sans-serif fonts for legibility
> and/or readability on the web.

I have yet to see a whole lot of conclusive evidence regarding type in
general in terms of what makes one face more readable and/or legible
than the next.

A great place to ask this question would be over at
http://typophile.com/forums

All that said, it's nice to think (albeit it's partially wishful
thinking) that anyone with vision issues who prefers their type set up a
certain way has already set up the default faces and sizes they prefer
in the browser to over-ride the web sites' defualt settings.

-Darrel