Yes - that was my point Graham Cook www.uaoz.com
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Samuel Richardson Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 12:00 PM To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org Subject: Re: [WSG] avoid Verdana -> I cant get the whole point. Surely you would also specify "sans-serif" as a generic fallback from Verdana rather then using a serifed font? Samuel Graham Cook wrote: >I would ignore this advice also. For a start, the general advice is to use a >sans-serif font for screen display - not a serif font such as Times New >Roman, Garamond, Century or Bookman. It is standard practice to specify the >fallback fonts or font families to use if one is not installed on the users >machine, so the argument of it dropping back to a miniscule Times New Roman >is moot. > >Secondly, I have found users more accepting of web pages with a font size >that is easily legible rather than the super tiny fonts sometimes used by >the more "artistic" designers (eg http://www.ultrashock.com/ I always have >trouble reading the text on this site) > >The author's comment "On the web however the reader is free to set a font >and size which he/she finds legible, and there is no need whatever for a web >author to set a different one on the grounds of greater legibility" for me >bears no validity as the point is to set a default value but allow users to >adjust to suit their preference, thus ems should be used not points or >pixels as used for the examples. > >Graham Cook >www.uaoz.com > > >-----Original Message----- >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >On Behalf Of Julián Landerreche >Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 10:43 AM >To: wsg@webstandardsgroup.org >Subject: [WSG] avoid Verdana -> I cant get the whole point. > >Hi all, > >I have been reading few articles (like >http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html) about avoiding >Verdana font. >But I cant get the whole point in this issue. > >I mean: I understand that if you use a tiny font-size (like 10px or >0.64em or 64% applied to the body) you will get into problems with all >fallback fonts (especialy with Times New Roman). > >But if you specify a higher font-size value, like 0.8em or 80%, you get >a nice Verdana size and if the browser falls back to a font like Times >New Roman, it is still very readable. > >So, please, can someone point me what am I missing about avoiding Verdana? > >Thanks in advance and excuse my english >Julián Landerreche >****************************************************** >The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ > > See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm > for some hints on posting to the list & getting help >****************************************************** > > > ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/113 - Release Date: 27/09/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/113 - Release Date: 27/09/2005 ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
