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I thought the "conventional wisdom" was that serif fonts were best for print, while sans-serif fonts were best for computer screens. Honestly, I've never heard
by j_baker 14y ago
I thought the "conventional wisdom" was that serif fonts were best for print, while sans-serif fonts were best for computer screens. Honestly, I've never heard anyone claim that serif fonts were all-around more readable.
- ramy_d 14y agoOne of the most-cited "authorities" on serif legibility is Cyril Burt, whose 1955 article [2] in The British Journal of Statistical Psychology (a journal he was the editor of) seemed to end the debate on whether serif typefaces are more readable than non-serif typefaces. I think this article is referring specifically to print given the dates of the research.