Christian Montoya wrote:
"Anyone who would letterspace lower case would steal sheep." That's
the quote attributed to Frederic Goudy, the most prolific and
well-known American type designer of the 20th century.
So apparently I'm a sheep-stealer. Which is fine. I like lamb a lot,
and maybe I have a good reason to steal them.
Besides, I thought the body text of http://christianmontoya.com
looks
better with a 1px letter-spacing. Anyone with the web developer's
extension can compare it to the default look.
So is it better with or without the letter spacing? I'm going for as
much readability as possible without having to change the color
scheme. Thanks in advance.
Without.
Verdana is an ugly font (to me). If you used Arial with .15em
letter-spacing, it would look better. Arial has much better-formed
characters, in my opinion, but is a tad too tight (again, in my
opinion). However, that said, I would not use letter-spacing on body
text because you can't predict what your visitor will have his browser
set to use (or not use). If he trumps my Arial with your Verdana,
then the letter-spacing I added is too much.
--
Al Sparber
PVII
http://www.projectseven.com
"Designing with CSS is sometimes like barreling down a crumbling
mountain road at 90 miles per hour secure in the knowledge that
repairs
are scheduled for next Tuesday".
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