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It will break iBooks as people design beautiful standards-compliant ebooks that look great in other readers that support standards. And yet, the author shows a
by mattparcher 16y ago
It will break iBooks as people design beautiful standards-compliant ebooks that look great in other readers that support standards.
And yet, the author shows an example of proper behavior using Arial for the book’s body text, and Trebuchet in a garish red to mark up the screenshot. There are many beautiful fonts, but these are not two of them.
Edit: see http://www.ms-studio.com/articlesarialsid.html http://www.ms-studio.com/articlesarialsid.html as to why Arial is so inferior to it’s predecessor, Helvetica.
- jcl 16y agoYou might want to reread the article you linked to. That is Helvetica in the screenshot -- note in particular the horizontal end on the "e" and the vertical end on the "r". The beauty and superiority are more apparent if you click on the image and go to the bigger version on Flickr. ;)
- eru 16y agoThe magical Helvetica.. Still probably not a good choice for the body of a text.