RE: Usability: Serif and Sans-Serif font faces?

["nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il" <nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il>]

> Serifs began as a mitigation by stonecutters for the
> problem of irradiation--the tendency of cracks to extend 
> diagonally 

For what it's worth, the legend I heard is that serifs
began as guides for spacing.  The stonecutter would say
"I have to carve AVE ATQUE VALE and I have three cubits.  
That's about a quarter cubit per letter.  So the A will 
go from HERE to HERE and the V will go from HERE to HERE..."  

Mark L. Levinson
Herzliya, Israel
nosnivel -at- netvision -dot- net -dot- il


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