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Actually, while Georgia is a good font overall, the design is Georgia is optimized for the screen. Because of this, it has some peculiarities, such as a very la
by kadavy 14y ago
Actually, while Georgia is a good font overall, the design is Georgia is optimized for the screen. Because of this, it has some peculiarities, such as a very large x-height (so the pixels in the counterforms can be read).
Here's a little more about what I'm talking about: http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/design-for-hackers-why-you-dont-use-garamond-on-the-web/ http://www.kadavy.net/blog/posts/design-for-hackers-why-you-...
- jere 14y agoGood points. Verdana is one of my favorites, but I believe it suffers from the same issues because it was also designed for being legible on screen. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana#Usage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana#Usage
- kadavy 14y agoYeah, Verdana is fantastic on screen (this was especially so before anti-aliasing was standard), but looks awful in print. EDIT: also, didn't know about IKEA's Verdanagate (from your link above). Fascinating!