Re: The old Sans vs Serif chestnut

Hi All, 

Sometime ago I wrote a blog on this subject. It might amuse you. 
http://blog.communication.org.au/?p=16

I was quite surprised how often it gets read. There are lots of people out there who google serif v sans.

I was thinking of following it up with a more useful practical postscript, time permitting.


David
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On 16/03/2010, at 10:27 AM, [email protected] wrote:

> 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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