Posted by Beauregard T. Shagnasty on 06/09/06 03:33

dorayme wrote:

> "Beauregard T. Shagnasty" <a.nony.mous@example.invalid> wrote:
>
>>> Why should one not use Verdana? I was told by someone else not to
>>> use Comic Sans, but have heard nothing about verdana.
>>
>> http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html
>>
>>> I use Trebuchet - is there a problem with that?
>>
>> Trebuchet MS. That's ok; it's not an oversized font like Verdana. I
>> use it as well.
>
> I notice one problem about Comic Sans, it takes up more room,
> especially vertically, which adds up to quite a bit on a web page.
> Trebuchet MS does not have this fault, and is also not too stuffy, a
> bit informal... mmm... this might be my recommendation instead of
> Comic (which is a favourite of this client I have. She won't argue
> now I have an argument about space! Considering she wants the site to
> be as accessible as possible)

Comic Sans might (well, for some degree of might) be ok on a personal
site for headings or whatnot, but not for content text.

I'll use Trebuchet MS for Windows PCs, or just sans-serif, and Georgia
for serif. Georgia seems to work ok for an <h1> too, along with
Trebuchet MS as content.

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-bts
-Warning: I brake for lawn deer

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