A new slant on sans serif fonts

Subject: A new slant on sans serif fonts
From: Scott Herron <sherr19 -at- IDT -dot- NET>
Date: Fri, 25 Jul 1997 09:06:10 -0400

Heather Achtziger <hachtziger -at- ROCKTENN -dot- COM> writes:

>I'm sort of sad to see the sans vs. avec (may as well stick with French!!) serif font
>debate go -- but I do have one thing to add. I do think this is a new slant. . .

Uh. Oh.

>In my research about techniques for developing documentation for a visually
>impaired audience, some visually impaired students . . . prefer sans
serif. . .


Whew! I thought you were gonna start an argument for _italic_ fonts.
Y'know, a _new_slant_ -- oh, forget it.

--
Scott Herron | sherr19 -at- idt -dot- net

That "deep thoughts" bit at the bottom.

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