[clug] Re: Calling all Linux n00bs

[Jim Croft]

Serifs and kerning are so pre H1N1...

Courier is the new Gothic...

jim

On Sun, Jun 14, 2009 at 4:19 PM, Ian Munsie<darkstarsword at gmail.com> wrote:
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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.
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> "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
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> 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
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