On Fri, 12 Apr 2013, Erich Dollansky wrote:

Hi,

On Fri, 12 Apr 2013 10:41:46 +0100
Isabell Long <[email protected]> wrote:

Hi all,

I sent this idea to the #bsddocs IRC channel a few days ago and no-one
there objected, but here you go. I'd like to know your opinions on the
documentation font being changed from serif to sans-serif. This would
only affect the web-based docs, not the ones being prepared for print.

An example of this is at
http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/en_US.ISO8859-1/books/handbook/ ,
and a diff of my very simple changes is at
http://tau.devrandom.co.uk/issyl0/docs_font.diff

In my opinion, it makes a hugely positive difference and modernises
the look of the documentation set.

how old are you?

The serif fonts are easier to read for older people.

I agree, it looks more modern. But what is the idea behind a
documentation? Look good or being read by people for the content.

Try viewing the two versions in side-by-side windows. The serif fonts were a lot blobbier and less sharp for me. Aliasing and antialiasing at work with limited resolution.

Serif is easier to read in print, but that's much higher resolution.
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