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I agree with that. San Francisco seems optimal for button captions, app names and other more unique, short pieces of texts, but seems sub-optimal for running te
by rndn 11y ago
I agree with that. San Francisco seems optimal for button captions, app names and other more unique, short pieces of texts, but seems sub-optimal for running text.
- jacobolus 11y agoSan Francisco is much better for running text than Helvetica. Lucida Grande is much better for running text than Helvetica. Verdana is much better for running text than Helvetica. Pretty much anything is better for running text than Helvetica. Helvetica is a typeface designed for signage, headings, posters, corporate logos, and the like. For body copy, it’s terrible, because it has a strong boxy/griddy quality to it, many similar looking letters, and proportions which make letter shapes hard to see at small sizes.
- rndn 11y agoHelvetica Neue is not optimal either, especially due to the light weight used in iOS 7-8, but it I find it still acceptable. For my taste San Francisco looks a bit too blocky due to the flattened curves along the vertical axis. It's not bad, but I like Google's Roboto typeface, for example, better.