Is Sans Serif Easier to Read?
I've had to tinker with the template for this blog to get it to display correctly in Internet Explorer (thanks to Barbara Bingham!). While I was changing the code, I thought I'd try out using the Verdana font. This one is sans serif (without the little curly cues you see on Times New Roman. See? What do you think? Easier? Uglier?
This is written in Verdana, a sans serif font
This is written in Times New Roman, font
posted by Georganna Hancock M.S. | 10:39 AM
4 Comments:
I've always heard - and tend to agree based on my own experience - that sans serif fonts are easier to read on the screen and serif fonts are easier to read in print.
Sans serif, hands down. My experience, like Lillie's, has taught me that fonts such as Verdana, Arial, and Tahoma read much better on the screen.
I'm in the process of helping a school district improve its website. When I saw that the web copy for individual school pages was posted in Times New Roman, I shrieked.
"The text looks like it was hammered out on a typewriter," I moaned.
One of the things I admire about you, Georganna, is that you're always tinkering with ways to improve your site. :-)
This makes three editors I've heard from about the view of A Writer's Edge improving with the switch to a sans serif font.
I yield to the wisdom of the masses. My eyes will probably get used to the look quickly.
Fixed the IE bug, too!
Georganna, I'm always on the lookout for fonts or other tips to make my blog easier to read.
Seeing this made it obvious to me: san serif, despite my old-fashioned preference for Times New Roman.
Immediately after reading--and looking at--this post, I changed to Verdana. I've never liked Arial, although I've found it's best for small print. Tahoma wasn't readily available. Thanks so much for the tip.
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