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for an excellent and graphic demonstration
of how completely inadequate a medium the
computer screen is for rendering typefaces
at text sizes.
Until operating systems are re-engineered to
work with the true resolution of multisync monitors,
instead of being locked into an obsolete 96 ppi
(Windows) or 72 ppi (Mac) model, type on-screen
will be severely damaged. Until then, forget about
the subtleties of type on the screen; there aren't
any.
This is not to say that you shouldn't avoid making
things worse for your readers by throwing even more
obstacles in their way -- busy fonts, distracting
backgrounds, fixed point sizes, crowded lines of text
that no daylight can penetrate, and a dozen other
self-indulgent inanities.
--
Mike W
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