Re: Usability: Serif and Sans-Serif font faces?

["Bonnie Granat" <bgranat -at- granatedit -dot- com>]

Solena -dot- LEMOIGNE -at- fr -dot- thalesgroup -dot- com wrote:
Could that be that the sans
> serif
> fonts help get the image of the letters clearer, and once the
letters
> are
> strung into words, and once the words are strung into sentences,
then
> typesetters move onto serif. How come?

It is the serifs themselves that aids reading by guiding the eye
almost subliminally to the next letter and acting almost as a frame
(like a picture frame) for a letter.

See
http://www.raycomm.com/techwhirl/archives/9907/techwhirl-9907-00634.html

Google for "serif eye guide" and you'll find much more.


Bonnie Granat
www.granatedit.com





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