ya, man, thx a lot, i really didn`t knew about all this stuff, thx a million.
It`s great that i can learn from your experiences, that`s time not wasted.
Again, thanks, maybe i could be of some help in the future

Hi peeps!

There is a little something that nobody has written so far, which I consider to be very important: readability.

This is something you learn when you have written many pretty long documents and have had to read those of others. A font can look cool or just plain attractive, but quite often these fonts are very uncomfortable when someone has to read a fair bit of text. You don't have to read all that much text to notice this affect. Even a few paragraphs as in this thread can be enough to notice there is something wrong.

There is a tendency today to use sans serif fonts mainly because the ones with serifs are considered ugly (for what reason I don't know) or too old-fashioned. If you have to read a lot of text with a sans serif font, you will notice yourself "slipping out of the lines" or just needing more concentration to read than you would expect. Reading can become tiring instead of relaxing.

I'm not saying there is no room for artistic fonts or that looks don't matter. But please remember that somebody actually has to read the stuff you write - and let him or her do it with pleasure.

Regards
Chris

Hi ya!
Last I herd sans serif fonts were more desirable for web for the sole purpose of readability. Serif fonts were more appropriate for print media. Most major sites use sans serif for good reason.

This is a really interesting issue Chris.

And thanks for your input Bambi

Most people generally agree that Sans Serif is easier to read on screen while Serif fonts are far easier to read in print. Pick up any book and you'll almost always find something close to Times.

I quote from WikiPedia:
"Sans-serif fonts have become the de facto standard for body text on-screen, especially online. It has been suggested that this is because the small size of the font causes excess clutter on the screen"
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sans-serif

This seems to be supported by very large sites like Digg.com using a similar font and line spacing to ours.
http://digg.com/

I wonder Chris if your issue with the type is more to do with the fact that we have opted for 80% black type (100% would give more contrast and therefore be easier to read - though I personally find it hard on the eye) and also that we don't as yet have text resizing options?

Very interested in others feedback on this - we would like to present the information on Joomlabear in a format that is most agreeable to everyone.