FIGMO's Follies

Studies have repeatedly shown that serif fonts are easier to read for body text than are sans serif -- in print. Since you're talking about print (and most of my work is designed for it), I agree with you that Arial is a poor choice of font. Something like Zapf Calligraphic or Zapf Elliptical is my choice (nice large letters - I am not fond of the narrow type found in some Garamonds, for example). So, naturally, Arial is the REQUIRED font at work. Of course, at my previous workplace it was Lucida Sans, which is only marginally better. For onscreen, though, sans serif is a better choice and will continue to be until screen resolution improves to >150 dpi. (The 220 dpi screens in test now intrigue me. Remind me to win the lottery.) Even on sharp screens, little serifs bother the eyes at low res. Good luck getting the management to change things. Maybe print two copies of everything -- one for show, one for use? - B -