[AccessD] Fonts for screen and print (was: Iterate Through AllForms and Control)

Rocky Smolin at Beach Access Software rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Wed Dec 10 08:33:09 CST 2008


Gustav:

Thanks for the rundown on the fonts.  I have Georgia and Cambria.  Maybe
I'll mock up a couple of forms for them to look at.  


Rocky Smolin
Beach Access Software
858-259-4334
www.e-z-mrp.com
www.bchacc.com
 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Gustav Brock
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2008 11:52 PM
To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
Subject: [AccessD] Fonts for screen and print (was: Iterate Through AllForms
and Control)

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 


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