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Re: Is there a standard use of fonts for online help?
Subject:Re: Is there a standard use of fonts for online help? From:Vicki Preston <vpreston -at- SQUIRRELSYSTEMS -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 23 Jul 1998 14:22:15 -0700
> Is there a standard use of fonts for online help? For printed doc, you
> typically use a serif font (like times new roman) for body text and a
> sans serif font (like arial) for headings. But it seems like the online
> help I've looked at is all sans serif for both body text and headings
> (which are then in bold). Is this considered the standard? Thanks,
It's the preferred way to go because sans serifs are easier to read on-screen than serifs.
The two most common fonts used in online help are Arial and MS Sans Serif.
-vicki
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Vicki Preston (vpreston -at- squirrelsystems -dot- com)
Senior Technical Writer
Squirrel Systems of Canada Ltd.
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