On 22 Oct 2006, at 3:32 PM, Mark D Lew wrote:
On Oct 22, 2006, at 4:25 AM, Ken Moore wrote:
I have no expertise in lyrics or in artistic judgment of type
faces, but I have long agreed with Comrie's view, as expressed in
his edition of the Chambers 7-figure Mathematical Tables, that
figures with ascenders and descenders are more legible than those
of even height. The only common font that I have found with such
figures is Georgia, which I find generally more legible than Times
New Roman in a given size.
[...]
My type-geek friend is a big fan of these and always uses them.
Me, I like them in some contexts but not in others. My day job is
in accounting, so maybe that predisposes me to wanting to see
numerals filling out nice square little grids.
I *hate* numbers with ascenders and descenders. It's just an instant,
visceral "ugh." They may be more legible (though I don't know if
there's data on this -- people often use "legible" as shorthand for
"what I like"), but I think they look ugly as sin.
Cheers,
- Darcy
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