Serif fonts have looked more or less the same since 1465. [1] Blackletter fonts didn’t last very long, because they were not very legible, and were quickly repl

Serif fonts have looked more or less the same since 1465. [1] Blackletter fonts didn’t last very long, because they were not very legible, and were quickly replaced. Sans Serif (Grotesque) for formal printed material is newer, probably around 200 years old, but is also widely established. Regardless, on my personal website, I use serif lettering for most text, because while it’s slightly less readable at 75dpi, retina displays are common enough (e.g. pretty much any phone in use today has retina level resolution) that serif text makes more sense. [2] Also, the only open source font the great Matthew Carter (Verdana, Georgia) has made is a serif: Bitstream Charter and its derivative Charis SIL. The English language is much more likely to change to the point today’s English can only be read by linguists and researchers before typefaces undergo any significant change. [1] https://ilovetypography.com/2016/04/18/the-first-roman-fonts/ https://ilovetypography.com/2016/04/18/the-first-roman-fonts... [2] Regardless, I have gone to a lot of effort to make my Charis SIL/Bitstream Charter derivative as readable as possible on a 75dpi display.