RE: serif or san serif??

["GeneK" <gene -at- genek -dot- com>]

I select fonts that will produce a help file with a 
similar look and feel to that of the application.  This
almost always results in a san serif helpfile.  There is
a reason why virtually all applications default to san serif
for their menus and dialogs.  I can't say for certain 
whether it's a *good* reason, but it sure looks silly to
me if the help looks radically different from the app it's
connected to.

Gene Kim-Eng



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Wed, 18 Jun 2003 13:49:40 -0600 Finch, D Ted?wrote:


Hello,
I am currently working on an online help system.  In school we talked about
using serif fonts for text and san serif for heading, etc.   for looks and
readability.  I always thought that this carried over to the e-text as well.
I have been hearing that studies say that sanserif is easier or better when
looking at e-texts.  Any one have answers?



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