That's exactly what I needed -- thanks.
I guess I need to shift all my Courier bits to Courier New. I *know*
there's a simple way to do that throughout the stack file -- I'll
work that out.
And then I guess I want to test (on openStack in the main stack) the
platform, and if Palatino is available, use it, and otherwise
something else (perhaps Verdana, though I dislike sans-serif fonts).
This sounds like time for a Property Set, to be shared by all the
cards I've made . . . something else to figure out how to do.
Excellent! (Python and C I know; Transcript I'm just getting into.)
Charles Hartman
On Jul 3, 2005, at 10:05 PM, Marielle Lange wrote:
That leads to another question: What fonts is it _safe_ to assume one
will find on Mac, OSX, Windows? (Linux?) I know it's possible to ask
in a script, but that doesn't help very much with the design problem,
when something about the font is critical. Is there a list,
somewhere, of (the presumably very few) fontnames that will always
work everywhere?
Hi Charles,
Common fonts to all versions of Windows & Mac equivalents
<http://www.ampsoft.net/webdesign-l/WindowsMacFonts.html>
You will find information about user preference and reading
performance in the
presence of different types of fonts at:
<http://psychology.wichita.edu/optimalweb/print.htm>
Eric,
As you mentioned you recently developed softwares for older adults,
you may be
interested to know that in this same document provides abundant
information
about preferences of older adults:
"Older Adults are more accurate with, and prefer larger font sizes.
They also
prefer sans serif fonts over serif fonts. As discussed by Bernard,
Liao, and
Mills (2001) reading online documents (about 2 pages), older adults
significantly preferred the larger, 14-point font size (see Figure
4 below). In
this study, serif fonts (Georgia and Times New Roman) were compared
to sans
serif fonts (Arial and Verdana) at 12- and 14-points. The 14-point
fonts were
found to be more legible, promote faster reading, and were
preferred to the
12-point fonts. Also, at the 14-point size, serif fonts tended to
support
faster reading (see Figure 6). Examining participants' 1st and 2nd
preference
choice further shows the popularity of the 14-point size (see
Figure 7). "
Marielle
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