Gustav Brock
Gustav at cactus.dk
Wed Dec 10 01:51:47 CST 2008
Hi Rocky You could tell the client that there are fonts for screen display and fonts for printing. Actually, neither Arial nor Book Antiqua are very well suited for screen display but very well suited for printing (still, Arial is only a poor replication of Helvetica) while the good old WebFonts from MS are excellent for screen display (not available from MS any more): http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/resources2.html Download: http://www.completelyfreesoftware.com/software/newfnt32.exe As an alternative, MS presents the fonts for Vista: http://www.modernlifeisrubbish.co.uk/article/new-vista-fonts-and-the-web where Cambria as a decent replacement for Georgia, indeed if you prefer its slightly bolder expression. These are not for download just like that, but here is a method to get to them: http://labnol.blogspot.com/2007/03/download-windows-vista-fonts-legally.html Also, Microsoft has (one of their secret gems) three very high quality fonts for reading text off the screen: http://www.microsoft.com/reader/uk/downloads/pc.mspx selected from the Agfa Monotype, Linotype, and Bigelow and Holmes libraries - all in regular, bold, italic, and bold/italic: Berling Antiqua Frutiger Linotype Lucida Sans Typewriter Berling is the original font with the very beautiful digits of different heights where 6 and 8 are taller than 0, 1, and 2 while 3, 4, 5, 7, and 9 are "dropped" which makes reading of numbers extremely fast and safe. Georgia (of the WebFonts) has the same feature while Cambria hasn't. Thus, the choice of your client should be Georgia with Cambria as the dark horse. /gustav >>> rockysmolin at bchacc.com 10-12-2008 01:19 >>> Dan: Actually got it cribbed from some site on the net so it's done - had to change the font on EVERY control in an app. From Arial to Book Antigua. Arial is a good readable san serif font. Book Antiqua is serif and butt ugly on the display - looks like a burning chicken ran across the display with ink on its feet. I'm saving the code in case they want to change back. Rocky Smolin Beach Access Software 858-259-4334 www.e-z-mrp.com www.bchacc.com