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Subject: Re: [OM] [OT] More fun from Micros*ft
From: Andrew Fildes <afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 23:34:50 +1000
That's why Times was designed - for The Times.
The usual balance for newspapers is Sans heads and Serif body.

Anyway, as a wise man once said, Arial is a designer's way of saying  
that he doesn't give s**t.
Andrew Fildes
afildes@xxxxxxxxxxxxx



On 15/05/2010, at 10:46 PM, Paul Braun wrote:

> For most body text, a serif'd typeface is much more legible than a
> sans-serif one like Arial.  That's why books and newspaper articles  
> are
> typeset with a serif typeface - the brain uses the serifs as little  
> cues
> to help faster reading and better comprehension.

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