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Browsers default to serif.

• dijit 1y ago
  if people hate it that much then maybe we should consider changing the default?
  • rplnt 1y ago
    Which is an option browsers give you.
  • 867-5309 1y ago
    "we" the applooglezilla mediators..
  • paulddraper 1y ago
    Agreed.
• pinkmuffinere 1y ago
  Would this seriously stop you from reading something? How on earth did you survive your college textbooks and lecture slides?
  • tuetuopay 1y ago
    Serif is meant to be printed, on paper, with the ridiculous DPI of printers. These fonts have not been designed for pixelated displays. Yes, it's better on Retina / HiDPI displays (I even enjoy some serif fonts on those), but those have to be designed with pixels in mind. But they usually are atrocious on "classic" pixel densities. And tangent: the print industry has a much wider typeface selection than "just" Times New Roman, which is rather rare in my personal experience (sample size of one, though).
  • notapenny 1y ago
    Yes it would. People have no choice but to read college textbooks. They do have a choice when it comes to the usability of your site. You might not care, but you are not your users.
  • paulddraper 1y ago
    I'll remind you the criteria was "decent" not "possible to interpret."