On Feb 27, 2007, at 10:26 AM, Ken Moore wrote:
You don't mention Georgia, which I use mainly for its figures (with
ascenders and descenders). At 22 point, it has about the same x-
height as 24-point TNR, but it may be too wide for your purposes.
I like Georgia, but it's far too wide for lyrics.
Georgia is an extremely well-designed font. Along with its partner
Verdana, it was one of the first designed specifically for on-screen
reading, and it's still among the best. I strongly recommend Georgia
and Verdana as defaults for viewing websites.
That doesn't mean they can't look good on paper, of course, but the
fonts were designed with a specific goal in mind. The readability
factors for screen and for print aren't the same, so if a font is
optimized for one it won't be optimized for the other. For the same
reason, I wouldn't expect Minion/Myriad to be ideal for reading on
screen.
mdl
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