A couple of simple ergonomic adjustments

Giovanni Corriga giovanni at corriga.net
Tue Jul 10 12:44:46 UTC 2007


Il giorno mar, 10/07/2007 alle 13.24 +0200, Mikael Kindborg ha scritto:
> 2007/7/9, Sebastian Sastre <ssastre at seaswork.com>:
> > Hi Micke,
> >
> >         now you talk about the font, there are some guidelines to choose
> > fonts. All choices must comply certain minimal requeriments to produce a
> > good experience.
> >
> >         Serif fonts (like Times, Bookman, or Palatino) are easier to read on
> > paper, but sans-serif fonts (like Geneva, Arial or Helvetica) are easier to
> > read on screen.
> >         An italic fonts in screen too ofen renders poorly. They are much
> > more acceptable on paper (from laserprint or offset). To read them in
> > screen, only are acceptable if they renders fine (usually in singnificant
> > bigger sizes). The use of different colors or tone variations is preferable
> > (IMHO).
> >         Sharp is less stresser than non-sharp (I know the non sharp is nicer
> > but when is health involved...)
> >
> >
> >         I like the design of the font that Giovanni sent as reference but
> > they have the problem of not beign sharp (resulting in poor/blurry render).
> >         The one that Juan sent has those features but with better rendering
> > results (but still not as good as sharp ones).
> >
> >         By now I'm using Accujen 12. I not a fan of it's design but is
> > simple sharp so I archieve good and unstressive readability.
> >
> >         cheers,
> >
> > Sebastian Sastre
> >
> 
> Yes, now when I look at the Vera Sans fonts I use, they are not at all sharp.
> Giovanni's fonts look better, and Juan's rendering technique looks very good!

As someone reminded me in a private mail, unfortunately the Liberation
fonts are under the GPL license.

	Giovanni




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