Ian_Gere
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- Apr 1, 2012
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Yeah, my first thought was "moderate" too. Sorry Friz, after speed reading the start & everyone's comments, I just can't be arsed going through your whole post. Next time please just write what you want to talk about - if you want to fuck about with formatting, underline paragraph headings, bold section headings, use italics to highlight sections or words for emphasis... too much format puts people off the info.
Tahoma or Verdana are easily read screen fonts which underline intelligibly, italic ok, and don't blob up when bolded, even on small screens. As sans serif fonts, they're not so good for printout if the size is less than 14.
For usual A4 page text of size 12 or
10, use a serif font like Georgia or Times New Roman...
...because the 'feet', or serif, make it easier for the eye to follow each line of text.
Also it's best not to mix text sizes or fonts on a single line, unless there is a very good reason,
because that changes the height between lines which can confuse the eye when reading blocks of text.
As the communicator, when your purpose is to convey or ask for information, it is your responsibility to tailor your communique to your audience's expectations and preferences, unless there is a damn good reason not to. If you are merely expressing a stylistic choice, then naturally you can do whatever you like, but, as in this case, your audience may consider your efforts to be more style than substance and simply not bother...
Tahoma or Verdana are easily read screen fonts which underline intelligibly, italic ok, and don't blob up when bolded, even on small screens. As sans serif fonts, they're not so good for printout if the size is less than 14.
For usual A4 page text of size 12 or
10, use a serif font like Georgia or Times New Roman...
...because the 'feet', or serif, make it easier for the eye to follow each line of text.
Also it's best not to mix text sizes or fonts on a single line, unless there is a very good reason,
because that changes the height between lines which can confuse the eye when reading blocks of text.
As the communicator, when your purpose is to convey or ask for information, it is your responsibility to tailor your communique to your audience's expectations and preferences, unless there is a damn good reason not to. If you are merely expressing a stylistic choice, then naturally you can do whatever you like, but, as in this case, your audience may consider your efforts to be more style than substance and simply not bother...