Surely you would also specify "sans-serif" as a generic fallback from
Verdana rather then using a serifed font?
Samuel
Graham Cook wrote:
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
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