Re: sans serif fonts

Subject: Re: sans serif fonts
From: Alexia Prendergast <alexiap -at- SEAGATESOFTWARE -dot- COM>
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 11:55:12 -0400

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"research showed sans serif fonts to be more readable."

There's research showing that sans serif fonts are more readable,
and there's research showing that serif fonts are more readable.

We've started using Optima (which is a cross between a serif and
a sans serif), which works well online and in print.
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Alexia Prendergast
Senior Technical Writer
Seagate Software
mailto:alexiap -at- sems -dot- com

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