Serifs are the little hooks and barbs on some fonts. I always figured it was a silly idea. Adding decorative stuff to letters would make them harder to read, you’d think. Wikipedia claims that this is true on computer monitors, but they claim that those extra thingies somehow help readability in printed media. I don’t get it. This guy looked at the issue of serif vs. sans serif and decided it doesn’t make much difference. I think I’d side with the sans serifarians. Trust me. I know nothing about typography. While on the subject, typography seems to have a lot of unnecessarily complicated terms. If we changed “serif” to “fonts with hangy things” and “sans serif” to “clean fonts”, it’d put an end to the problem right there. If you’re interested in learning more about fonts, you’re a very dull person.
This entry was posted on Thursday, September 25th, 2008 at 11:12 am and is filed under language. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
Just watch it, if you don’t find it interesting I would be shocked:
http://www.helveticafilm.com/
Available instantly on Netflix or your local Blockbuster if still do that kind of thing.
September 26th, 2008 at 4:54 pm
And once, I was gathering up some coal and I had the distinct opportunity of using a shovel with a BRASS HANDLE!
September 29th, 2008 at 8:23 am