Serif Fonts on the web
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- jevad
Fucking A we just had a BIG barney here at work about people who use serif fonts for digital stuff....
I was the sole person in a team of 8 holding the fort in favour of their use on the web- with everyone else decrying their use apart from in books and heavy copy print stuff.
I personally like the way Georgia 10/11px looks on a site and it's a refreshing change from bloody verdana and arial all the time....Whats your view?
- zaven0
I agree jevad, if used in the right way georgia is gorgeous on screen
I use to be great fan of verdana, now i'm pretty sick of it
- unknown0
mmm tricky, they have to be treated with real care, more leading and not too small, I think you get some cross platform issues with sizing, I do find them hard to read unless its been handled well.
serifs were designed for gravestones but it doesn't mean they have to stay there, I just feel that while they make the eye read easier when in print, body copy on screen doesn't reap the same benefits.
- unknown0
I agree - verdana and arial are getting a bit tiring.
- unfittoprint0
Serif is for the mature audience.
- stimuli0
I remember the old Elixir Studio site was done using Georgia, very nice. Always liked the old-style figures, think Georgia's the only screen font to have them. You have to admit though, Verdana is the most legible screen font and probably the only one (except Georgia) to have decent letterspacing.
- stimuli0
And Geneva's better than Arial. IMO.
- plamenski0
Using 'Georgia' as we speak:
http://www.olbindesign.com/seabr…
- jox0
pretty!
- algorithm0
you got my vote.
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rasko
"serif fonts were designed for gravestones"
Where did you get this idea? Serif fonts were not designed for gravestones.
- unknown0
serifs came about when stone carvers would 'carve out' at the end of letters leaving a little mark, the serif was an ornate way of disguising this mistake.
- bomy_dick0
i agree
Georgia is lovely
you can use it at different sizes and weights to give a 'print' look to your text.. i wish they would be more lserifs like that really
- jevad0
nice job plamenski!
- plamenski0
ta, jev. you see, we don't make only sextoys websites ;-)
- gravityroom0
Jevad -
You had to defend Serif type? You must work with some fools.
- mrdobolina0
pixel fonts are so played out. I can see why alot of people would want to try something different on the web.
- Warland0
For body text (pure html text) it is harder to read (and looks tacky and unprofessional). For buttons be they PS, flash whatever I thin they look pretty tight.
Can see both sides here.
PS - Serifs did come about because of chiseling mistakes, but on roman columns not toombstones. This was a symptom, not an absolut cause though.
- jevad0
Gravity - yeah - I do! They have been doing corporate design for too long!
Warland - "looks tacky and unprofessional" - I think not : http://whatdoiknow.org
- unknown0
I was really just posturing for effect, I hadn't actually planned for it to be analized and didn't present it as an accurate historic fact, although yes I was aware that it was dated back to roman columns I preferred the quick drama of gravestones afterall, its all in the past.
- stimuli0
That's a nice simple site. The Georgia looks amazing, especially with the OSF.