[Hidden-tech] Dearest font geeks,

[michaelbix]

Dear Kirsten,

Please define what you mean by your phrase "in person."

On paper?   As printed by a home printer (from the application or  
help files?)... or as printed by a commercial printer on a press,  
with good paper (from a computer-generated InDesign or Quark file?).

Or is this "in person" for the gamer in some other way I don't get?

Clearly the gamer will receive or see fonts in some printed materials  
(ie. advertising in shops, ads in graphic novels, game covers, game  
documentation) although documentation is increasingly accessed via  
downloaded/onscreen pdf's and live streamed help files directly from  
the manufacturer's or distributor's website.  Font resolution can be  
extremely truncated in a game view unless it's HD... which limits  
some uses of serifs and italic, for instance as well as certain  
bolds, drop shadows and fancy fonts.

So some clear distinctions here would help us answer your question.


Thanks
Michael

Michael Cerulli Billingsley


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On  4 November 10, at 5:10 PM, Kirsten Bonanza wrote:

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> Everyone has a preference... admit it.
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> I am clueless as to the technical reasons but as I understand, some  
> fonts work better on a computer screen and others in person.
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> Any thoughts as to which fonts are better on the eye BOTH in person  
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