Mike Feury — Sun, 05 May 2002 07:16:56 +0000

Verdana, Trebuchet, Georgia and ComicSansMS have all been specially designed for computer screens by Microsoft. The reason is that screens are not as sharp as printed pages, so print fonts are a little harder to read.

Your font is quite hard to read, definitely unclear. You have the added disadvantage that [if I remember correctly] white font on black is also more difficult to read than vice-versa.

And yeah, all caps is more difficult to read too - should only be used for small groups of words like headings etc.

doublehelix — Wed, 01 May 2002 18:43:51 +0000

Another thing to do with a small font is to increase the intercharacter spacing by 5% or so.

Brooke — Wed, 01 May 2002 18:38:21 +0000

The other problem I see is that they are all caps. That is always harder to read!

Brooke

Megan — Thu, 25 Apr 2002 13:26:53 +0000

Eh, but they're so boring!

If you want to keep your font size that small in the right side area, try looking for fonts that are designed to be readable at small sizes.

Hey, did you change this? I seem to remember it being orange before. I think the old one looked better.

(I was going to point you towards Font Flood's section for small fonts, but the site seems to be down )

theprofessional — Mon, 22 Apr 2002 12:59:33 +0000

Arial, verdana, helvetica

Experiment with others if needed, but this is what I mainly use.

Suzanne — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 05:39:42 +0000

You want us to design for you?

A better font would be one that's easier to read. Since you are using graphics, you have all sorts of options. Choose a font that has more traditional letter shapes for better comprehension, and don't use ALL CAPS as it makes all the words look the same (like rectangles) and makes comprehension decrease.

23benny23 — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 04:23:21 +0000

and a better font would beeeee?

Suzanne — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:49:33 +0000

the problem is you are using a decorative font for things that require comprehension. you'll have to either make it bigger so it's readable (comprehensively, not just that you can pick out letters), or choose a better font for the stuff people have to read.

Megan — Fri, 19 Apr 2002 02:01:02 +0000

Are you refering to the font in the main design area? (In the pop-up?) It seems to me like that font is supposed to look hard-edged like that. It looks fine as far as that goes but I am finding that it is hard to read at the size you have it there.