- From: Thomas Phinney <tphinney@adobe.com>
- Date: Fri, 14 Nov 2008 12:22:16 -0800
- To: "www-style@w3.org" <www-style@w3.org>
I wrote: > > 95% of users and developers *can* tell the difference between those > > fonts and well-made fonts when it comes to body text on screen Håkon Lie replied: > I often hear this, and it may be true today. However, there are two > reasons why it's not that important. First, web designers are > primarily looking to use web fonts for display type. Look at CSS Zen > Garden [1]. There, designers happily use the core fonts [2] for body > text.... I'm sorry, I don't take that tiny handful of designs as evidence of the general wishes of web designers. I will certainly concede that I didn't ask about this specific issue in my big survey, so I don't have any strong evidence the other way, either. My belief is that display type is the bigger need of the two, but that both are quite important. > Second, the higher-density screens common in emerging computers makes > hinting and other expensive tricks less important. Higher-density screens make hinting less critical, but I wasn't talking about hinting, I was talking about needing well-made fonts for body text on screen. As it happens, you need well-made fonts for body text pretty much regardless of resolution. Cheers, T
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