Re: The old Sans vs Serif chestnut

Caroline, that's great!
 
Thanks!
 
Beth Lisberg Najberg
Beginnings
Chicago
 
 
In a message dated 3/15/2010 6:25:01 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
[email protected] writes:

Gunnar  Swanson

> I never get why people have conversations about sans serif  vs. serif
> typefaces. Does anyone really think that, say, Rockwell and  Bodoni
> have more in common than, say Rockwell and Franklin Gothic?  Bernhardt
> Modern and ITC Garamond are a lot alike but switching from  Avant Garde
> Gothic to Lubalin Graph will change  readability?

Because, dear Gunnar, most people who have those  conversations know of only
two typefaces: Times New Roman and  Arial.

Some of the more sophisticated ones have also dabbled with Comic  Sans.

Best
Caroline  Jarrett


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