Comments on: Changing Font http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/ An eclectic mix of technology, news comment, and personal notes. Fri, 04 Jul 2008 02:52:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.5.2 Comment on Changing Font by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-419 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 18:06:20 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-419 Hi Jeff, Times New Roman, having been the default in MS Office Word since I can remember, does seem a bit tired; however it would still seem that serif fonts are taken a little more seriously than sans-serif fonts. Arial is more "modern" looking, but the article was related more specifically to academic disciplines. Any font that tends towards a trend of being "hard to read" or "not professional" will indeed has some psychological effect on anyone who is reading your work for review. From there to say Arial won't do the job is a tough question. I'm still not sure, but I think changing the font here does at least bring a new typographical look to things. Thanks for the compliment, -Fruey Hi Jeff,

Times New Roman, having been the default in MS Office Word since I can remember, does seem a bit tired; however it would still seem that serif fonts are taken a little more seriously than sans-serif fonts. Arial is more “modern” looking, but the article was related more specifically to academic disciplines.

Any font that tends towards a trend of being “hard to read” or “not professional” will indeed has some psychological effect on anyone who is reading your work for review. From there to say Arial won’t do the job is a tough question.

I’m still not sure, but I think changing the font here does at least bring a new typographical look to things.

Thanks for the compliment,

-Fruey

]]> Comment on Changing Font by: Jeff Kozlowski http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-418 Sun, 19 Mar 2006 16:37:32 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-418 I read somewhere that Arial font appears more modern to people when you use it on resumes, cv's etc...I am growing more accustomed to it as I am tired of the same old Times New Roman font which I use for just about everything. Great Blog! I read somewhere that Arial font appears more modern to people when you use it on resumes, cv’s etc…I am growing more accustomed to it as I am tired of the same old Times New Roman font which I use for just about everything.

Great Blog!

]]> Comment on Changing Font by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-411 Tue, 14 Mar 2006 08:23:26 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-411 OK well I have gone with Georgia or Serif on headers, and main text in Trebuchet MS. The hierarchy is clearer, nice tip Fella! -Fruey OK well I have gone with Georgia or Serif on headers, and main text in Trebuchet MS. The hierarchy is clearer, nice tip Fella!

-Fruey

]]> Comment on Changing Font by: Simon http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-407 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 19:22:40 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-407 Fella, I reckon I'll start expanding out to put headers in a different font for example. Will have to test some ideas, maybe titles in Georgia and article text in Trebuchet MS for example. Are you pleased to see the back of Arial? Mum, I don't like Tahoma for the same reason you like it: more words on a line means that the space between letters is too small, and makes it difficult to read especially at small sizes. I did in fact try it for a few minutes and switched to Trebuchet MS because of legibility issues - and I'm on a big screen. -Fruey Fella,

I reckon I’ll start expanding out to put headers in a different font for example. Will have to test some ideas, maybe titles in Georgia and article text in Trebuchet MS for example. Are you pleased to see the back of Arial?

Mum,

I don’t like Tahoma for the same reason you like it: more words on a line means that the space between letters is too small, and makes it difficult to read especially at small sizes. I did in fact try it for a few minutes and switched to Trebuchet MS because of legibility issues - and I’m on a big screen.

-Fruey

]]> Comment on Changing Font by: helen white http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-405 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:55:30 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-405 My personal choice is always Tahoma. A good clean font and seems to get more words on a line than either Times New or Arial. My personal choice is always Tahoma. A good clean font and seems to get more words on a line than either Times New or Arial.

]]> Comment on Changing Font by: Fella http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-402 Mon, 13 Mar 2006 08:13:47 +0000 http://www.caperet.com/2006/03/13/changing-font/#comment-402 Its always nice to be slightly different from the mainstream. I think the trebuchet looks very good for the main body text of the articles. Perhaps having it everywhere on the page means that a hierarchy of info is slightly difficult to achieve. Maybe you could put a different font face on the navigation aids ? Have a look at http://www.lemonde.fr/ for a nice mix of fonts Fella Its always nice to be slightly different from the mainstream. I think the trebuchet looks very good for the main body text of the articles. Perhaps having it everywhere on the page means that a hierarchy of info is slightly difficult to achieve. Maybe you could put a different font face on the navigation aids ?
Have a look at http://www.lemonde.fr/ for a nice mix of fonts
Fella

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