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serif./ sans serif fonts

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Anotheranninglos

Anotheranninglos Report 16 Jun 2009 19:45

I decided to do some of my computer course at home tonight and stuck. Which are the most used serif and sans serif fonts.
I know times new romans is one and ariel is the other. I am using word 2003. Many thanks Anne

Carolyn

Carolyn Report 16 Jun 2009 20:23

I use comic-sans, don't know if it is one of the most popular though.

Carolyn

Anotheranninglos

Anotheranninglos Report 16 Jun 2009 20:28

Thankyou Carolyn,

Mustn't get side tracked and stay on here.

Anne

Kate

Kate Report 16 Jun 2009 20:29

I think a few people use Baskerville (serif) sometimes. But quite often Times New Roman is used as a default font for a lot of word processors.

Anotheranninglos

Anotheranninglos Report 16 Jun 2009 20:37

Thankyou Kate,
Go and change it now I used Ariel, will check tomorrow when i go to course.

Elizabethofseasons

Elizabethofseasons Report 16 Jun 2009 23:43

Dear All

I always use courier new font to write letters.

This reminds me of good, old-fashioned typing.

I hate letters that use a mixture of open and closed punctuation.

In fact, I think we should go back to quill and ink!

I am getting very cranky! Ahem!

Best wishes to all.
xx

maggiewinchester

maggiewinchester Report 17 Jun 2009 00:50

At work we have to use Garamond for the main text and Gill sans for headings. Apparently this is easier for those with sight problems.

maggie

Researching:
Henry Floyd (g x 4 grandad)

CrystalTips

CrystalTips Report 17 Jun 2009 01:05

Mac,
So you'll know then how much screen cleaner it takes when using a font with seriphs - especially 12pt or less and using black ink rather than any other colour!

(don't intend to hi-jack this thread, just excited that I've stumbled across a fellow screen printer!)

Rosalind in Madeira

Rosalind in Madeira Report 17 Jun 2009 10:43

Interesting to read which fonts are used. I design websites you use different fonts for screen as you do for printing.

Generally for websites Verdana is used, it was specifically designed for screen use. The default is usually set to Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans serif.
I also use century gothic. The default it set to take into account someone may not have the first choice of font installed.

A friend told me that Arial was used for both printed and screen text for those with sight problems, so views change and I will look at Garramond as I do have reading problems.

Times New Roman is boring, but seems still to be the standard for printed use. Unfortunately it tends to be the default for screen use, but is very difficult to read on screen.

Rosalind

Anotheranninglos

Anotheranninglos Report 17 Jun 2009 19:01

Thankyou all, interesting what people use isnt it.

Think I have to go and play around with the fonts and see which I prefer.

Anne