Re: Font readability?

[Jan Boomsliter <boom -at- CADENCE -dot- COM>]

Why don't you ask him to supply the research?

jb
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 Okay, here's a question for you usability types. An engineer
 in our company is trying to make us change the font we use
 from a sans serif to a serif type. He claims that serif is
 more readable. Does anyone have some data (studies, hard
 evidence) to back one style or the other? This is a large
 company, and we are resistant to allowing one group
 to deviate from or try to change our standards.

 We're getting conflicting responses from the writers in our
 group, but my first response is to leave our documentation
 in sans serif. It's clean, modern looking, and Interleaf
 handles most kerning issues well, making it very easy to read.

 Comments?  Suggestions?  Alternatives?

 Thanks,

 Karen Davis

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