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Subject:Re: Font Question, Multi use document From:Suzette Seveny <sseveny -at- PETVALU -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 28 Jul 1998 09:56:05 -0400
Based on the fact that you are in the UK, and referencing my previous
posting where I quoted something about users preferring the fonts they
first learned, your situation could be due to sans serif fonts being "de
rigeur" in Europe, while serif fonts dominate in the States.
Suzette Seveny
Markham, Ontario, Canada
sseveny -at- petvalu -dot- com or suzette -at- yesic -dot- com
Damien Braniff wrote:
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> Contrary to research that serif fonts are easier to read the most
> popular fonts were sans serif like arial (what we currently use). ...is
it just an aberration?
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