[AccessD] Feedback Needed Round 4

Using fonts on the written page is quite different from using them on line.

The font face for the body text is really a font family: Verdana, Arial,
Helvetica, sans-serif. The font family for the headers is: Georgia, "Times
New Roman", Times, serif. These are all standard font faces understood by
practically all computer operating systems. Using font families means that a
user's computer will check to see if it has Verdana. If not, it moves on to
see if it has Arial, and so forth. 

Because of using font families, a web designer can assume that the user will
see more or less what the designer intended, but there's no way of
guaranteeing that exactly, only relatively. The only way around this issue
is to make the headers all graphics. That way a designer can use any kind of
fancy font desired, but all the graphics add to the "weight" of the page in
loading.

A serif font face (Times Roman) isn't that good for the body text. It is
more common to use a sans serif font for the body text, because it's easier
to read, and a serif font for the headers. Besides, Times Roman is really
boring.

I can of course change the leading (line spacing) and kerning (letter
spacing). It is the white space that makes the words easier to read.
Especially for us old farts ;-)


Regards,
 
Karen Rosenstiel
Seattle WA USA

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Susan Harkins
Sent: Friday, June 27, 2008 6:27 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Feedback Needed Round 4


>
> JK.  I think you've got a good point about the white space.   Karen, is
> possible to reduce the lead between lines?
>
> Re: font size, does it have anything to do with your screen resolution?
> What is your display set to?

=====Rocky, it isn't the size, it's the font type. I'm still using 800 x 600
(shut up, I'm really old). Seems to me that there's probably a "standard" 
font face, isn't there? I know that every manuscript I submit is in Times
Roman 12 -- it's the standard. I'm not suggesting that you use that on your
web site, but is there a standard font face now?  Karen probably knows
everything on the following page, but thought I'd recommend it just in case:

<http://www.efuse.com/Design/web_fonts_basics.html#TypeMatters>
<http://www.w3.org/Fonts/>

Susan H. 

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