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Sans-Serif
« on: Sat, 03 March 2018, 17:37:45 »
It's just much smoother to read in general.

It's just much smoother to read in general.


It's just much smoother to read in general.


Serifs are necessary for small print on paper, but they're distracting on big monitors.
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Re: San-Serif
« Reply #1 on: Sat, 03 March 2018, 18:26:31 »
It is called "sans serif". "Sans" is the French word for "without". It means "Without serifs".
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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #2 on: Sat, 03 March 2018, 18:52:21 »
Quote from: Findecanor on Sat, 03 March 2018, 18:26:31
It is called "sans serif". "Sans" is the French word for "without". It means "Without serifs".

typo, //remain-calm.

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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #3 on: Sun, 04 March 2018, 19:46:10 »
tp4 has no serifs.

Maybe get serifs -> get grrlz?
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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #4 on: Sun, 04 March 2018, 20:06:14 »
people make such a big deal out of this, and freak out when they see something like comic sans being used which I think is just ridiculous.

as long as the font is legible and has proper kerning I don't care what font people use.
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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #5 on: Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:50:07 »
I prefer tall, thin fonts for coding, although if it's legible enough then something with serifs is fine too.

I'm currently using Iosevka Slab for coding, but Iosevka in terminal windows.
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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #6 on: Mon, 05 March 2018, 20:14:18 »
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:50:07
I prefer tall, thin fonts for coding, although if it's legible enough then something with serifs is fine too.

I'm currently using Iosevka Slab for coding, but Iosevka in terminal windows.

depends on the density.

If you got a bunch of tall thin letters at high density, blocks get harder to pick out.

We read by block and shape, rather than specific letters.
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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #7 on: Tue, 06 March 2018, 19:51:07 »
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 05 March 2018, 20:14:18
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:50:07
I prefer tall, thin fonts for coding, although if it's legible enough then something with serifs is fine too.

I'm currently using Iosevka Slab for coding, but Iosevka in terminal windows.

depends on the density.

If you got a bunch of tall thin letters at high density, blocks get harder to pick out.

We read by block and shape, rather than specific letters.

As a programmer I tend to read specific letters, rather than blocks and shapes, as I do not use Scratch.
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NEC APC-H4100E | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED red | Ducky DK9008 Shine MX blue LED green | Link 900243-08 | CM QFR MX black | KeyCool 87 white MX reds | HHKB 2 Pro | Model M 02-Mar-1993 | Model M 29-Nov-1995 | CM Trigger (broken) | CM QFS MX green | Ducky DK9087 Shine 3 TKL Yellow Edition MX black | Lexmark SSK 21-Apr-1994 | IBM SSK 13-Oct-1987 | CODE TKL MX clear | Model M 122 01-Jun-1988

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Re: Sans-Serif
« Reply #8 on: Tue, 06 March 2018, 19:52:35 »
Quote from: rowdy on Tue, 06 March 2018, 19:51:07
Quote from: tp4tissue on Mon, 05 March 2018, 20:14:18
Quote from: rowdy on Mon, 05 March 2018, 19:50:07
I prefer tall, thin fonts for coding, although if it's legible enough then something with serifs is fine too.

I'm currently using Iosevka Slab for coding, but Iosevka in terminal windows.

depends on the density.

If you got a bunch of tall thin letters at high density, blocks get harder to pick out.

We read by block and shape, rather than specific letters.

As a programmer I tend to read specific letters, rather than blocks and shapes, as I do not use Scratch.

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