serif or sans?

[mopinko]

i'm a serif kinda person. i have a job* coming up with some seriously sans people. getting bumpy right now.
labor of love, tho.
















*- unpaid

[Brickbat]

1. Depends greatly on what it's being used for.

When I'm writing a story for work, I find myself working in any of several sans. When I'm writing my novel, it's a serif. WTF?

[noamnety]

2. print with paragraphs - serif

online - sans

no?

[geardaddy]

3. Yes.

[mopinko]

17. exactly

although i use bookman on my personal websites. the writing on them is more book like, i think. stories and explanations of strange art works.

[MrCoffee]

4. I have serifs in my handwriting (well, i print, not script, but still)

B, C, D, G, P, R...I print them all with serifs.

Don't know why.

[DeepBlueC]

5. serif

[deucemagnet]

6. Times New Roman (serif) for writing.

Arial or some other sans serif font for power point presentations.

[kentauros]

10. Try Bookman Old instead of New Times Roman.

It's easier on the eyes :)

[mopinko]

16. my personal fave

my default.

[kentauros]

18. My default, too :)

I also like Centaur, just not how they did the "1"; it looks too much like a capital -I-.

[trof]

7. I & l. The first is a lower case L. Next is an upper case I. Serif.

Otherwise confusion ensues.

[trof]

8. Ill (sick) looks this way.

[unpossibles]

9. I shot the serif

But I did not smoke the... never mind.

[applegrove]

11. Delete - I was wrong.

[noamnety]

13. no

the lines of serifs pull your eye forward to the next letter. That's why books are set in serifs.

(except on monitors where the lower resolution screws up the smooth curves of the letters)

[applegrove]

14. I guess I'm wrong. I'll delete my post.

[noamnety]

15. it was okay to leave it

the bigger embarrassment is mine for being a font dork. :)

[baldguy]

12. San Serriffe

http://strangemaps.wordpress.com/?s=san+serif

[fishwax]

19. serif for body text, sans for headers

Serifs are okay for headers, too. But sans for body text should be avoided in most cases. :)

[jmowreader]

20. Just set it in Futura and call it good.

[mopinko]

21. futura is ok.

beats helvetica. still....

[OrwellwasRight]

22. Definitely serif.

Prettier and easier to read. Sans can be harsh. And is always less interesting to look at.