[clug] Re: Calling all Linux n00bs

[Francis Markham]

+1.  The combo of a monospaced font and grey text on a white background
makes that page seriously hard to read.

-Francis

2009/6/14 Ian Munsie <darkstarsword at gmail.com>

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> > http://jumpstartlinux.blogspot.com/
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> Ahh! It burns! It burns! The goggles, they do nothing (fortunately,
> firebug does)! That font is not intended for large blocks of text! We
> are passed the days of typewriters, so please use a serif font and
> avoid the use of monospaced fonts anywhere other than code excerpts!
> I'm sure Pascal is more qualified than I am to recommend specific
> fonts.
>
> "Monospaced fonts are found to be far less readable for long bodies of
> text, making them ill-suited for books or magazine articles."
> - --http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monospaced_font
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Typography
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_safe_fonts
>
> http://www.slideshare.net/klepas/beautiful-web-typography-7-tips-on-desucking-the-web
>
> - -I
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