[LINK] Environmental impact of web versus print
Saliya Wimalaratne
saliya at hinet.net.au
Wed Sep 27 14:48:36 AEST 2006
On Wed, Sep 27, 2006 at 01:47:02PM +1000, Darrell Burkey wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-09-27 at 08:19, Ivan Trundle wrote:
> > On 27/09/2006, at 8:01 AM, rchirgwin at ozemail.com.au wrote:
> >
> > > And there are basic design issues as well. It's almost impossible
> > > to get <stereotype> computer geeks </stereotype> to understand
> > > this, but typography matters - hugely. Sans-serif fonts reduce
> > > readability.
> >
> > Old research. You'll note that contemporary studies on this subject
> > are split on this point. YOUNG readers prefer sans-serif, old readers
The Colin Wheildon book "Type & Layout - Are you communicating or just
making pretty shapes" is worth a read in respect of this - there are
some theories, but mainly he talks about '_this_ percentage comprehended
_that_ font _this_ well"
Regards,
Saliya
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