It was not too surprising that Arial was ranked high in preference, since it has been most preferred in our previous font studies that examined children older adults, and college students.
On 4/19/05, Erika L Walker-Arnold wrote: > I based my observation on studies too Sam :) > > http://psychology.wichita.edu/surl/usabilitynews/3S/font.htm > > Conclusion: > > "Several observations can be made regarding the examined font types. > First, no significant difference in actual legibility between the font > types were detected. There were, however, significant differences in > reading time, but these differences may not be that meaningful for most > online text because these differences were not substantial. It may, on > the other hand, be helpful to consider using font types that are > perceived as being legible. > > ******************* > In this study, the font types that were perceived as being most legible > were Courier, Comic, Verdana, Georgia, and Times." > ******************* > > Yes, Arial is used everywhere, by a lot of companies big and small. But > so are tables for layout. > Doesn't make it good. :) > > And that is the last I have to say on this subject :) > Back to work I go. > > Cheers, > Erika > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:154594 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
