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Sans is overused. Please do not use (or carefully consider before using) sans fonts for long blocks of text you expect people to read.[1] [1] https://www.yout
by harshreality 8y ago
Sans is overused. Please do not use (or carefully consider before using) sans fonts for long blocks of text you expect people to read.[1]
[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYKFWqVVzg#t=34m53s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=soYKFWqVVzg#t=34m53s
"I disagree, I like sans [for long prose] better" comments miss the point; this is not an anecdata competition, it's about how many people prefer each one (and also it would be worth considering how strongly they hold that preference, since mildly pissing off even a slight majority of your readers/customers is better than really pissing off a smaller percentage). Even if you're skeptical of the studies Mayer looked at, Google (literata) and Amazon (bookerly) seem to be in the serif camp. Do you think Amazon made a mistake, too?
- JshWright 8y agoThat's a pretty disgusting video description...
- cududa 8y agoThe fact that you’re getting downvoted ... god the people in this industry..
- sdinsn 8y agoI personally disagree. I find it easier to read sans fonts.
- quickthrower2 8y agoFunny enough Medium uses a serif font, and I enjoy reading it more, and it inspired me to do the same on my site. But I use Georgia so I don't need any fancy web fonts or wat not.
- GoblinSlayer 8y agoWeb sites should really use the user's preference and not override with either serif or sans serif (size too). HTML has a presentation freedom for a reason.