I would ignore this advice also. For a start, the general advice is to use a sans-serif font for screen display - not a serif font such as Times New Roman, Garamond, Century or Bookman. It is standard practice to specify the fallback fonts or font families to use if one is not installed on the users machine, so the argument of it dropping back to a miniscule Times New Roman is moot.
Secondly, I have found users more accepting of web pages with a font size that is easily legible rather than the super tiny fonts sometimes used by the more "artistic" designers (eg http://www.ultrashock.com/ I always have trouble reading the text on this site) The author's comment "On the web however the reader is free to set a font and size which he/she finds legible, and there is no need whatever for a web author to set a different one on the grounds of greater legibility" for me bears no validity as the point is to set a default value but allow users to adjust to suit their preference, thus ems should be used not points or pixels as used for the examples. Graham Cook www.uaoz.com -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Julián Landerreche Sent: Tuesday, 4 October 2005 10:43 AM To: [email protected] Subject: [WSG] avoid Verdana -> I cant get the whole point. Hi all, I have been reading few articles (like http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html) about avoiding Verdana font. But I cant get the whole point in this issue. I mean: I understand that if you use a tiny font-size (like 10px or 0.64em or 64% applied to the body) you will get into problems with all fallback fonts (especialy with Times New Roman). But if you specify a higher font-size value, like 0.8em or 80%, you get a nice Verdana size and if the browser falls back to a font like Times New Roman, it is still very readable. So, please, can someone point me what am I missing about avoiding Verdana? Thanks in advance and excuse my english Julián Landerreche ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ****************************************************** -- No virus found in this incoming message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/113 - Release Date: 27/09/2005 -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.11.8/113 - Release Date: 27/09/2005 ****************************************************** The discussion list for http://webstandardsgroup.org/ See http://webstandardsgroup.org/mail/guidelines.cfm for some hints on posting to the list & getting help ******************************************************
