Hi all, > But why ? What exactly do you dislike about the use > of > sans serif for headings ? To my mind, and in a > scientific > as opposed to artistic context, sans serif headings with > serif prose seem absolutely normal and fine.
The age-old discussion as to whether or not sans-serif is evil or not. It is commonly stated that serif letters are more readable because the little serifs give a better visual baseline, with a more clear distinction between words and spaces. I have always had difficulty with accepting this wisdom. I think that there is also a cultural component and a component of "getting used to". Unless somebody can show me scientifically and statistically sound research which shows that serif if better than sans-serif, I am not willing to accept the common wisdom that serif is better than sans-serif and my opinion will remain that it is a matter of taste (*). Now, for the use of sans-serif and serif within the same document, I think that it is also a matter of taste. Some people may like it, others dislike it, and again, I think it has more to do with being used to something than with hard science. Cheers, Wilfred (*) note that it almost impossible to test scientifically - all subjects must have learned to read and thus they will have a cultural and educational burden - the subjects are already used to serif of sans-serif :-)) > > Philip Taylor > > > -------------------------------------------------- > Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: > http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex > -------------------------------------------------- Subscriptions, Archive, and List information, etc.: http://tug.org/mailman/listinfo/xetex
