, it has been fashionable for nerds to talk of fonts!
My favourite font is Granjon Linotype, and I became a convert after reading a version of "The Master of Go" by Yasunari Kawabata, set in the type, and the readability was marvellous.
But, I have the feeling that for the web, sans-serif fonts are the best. Probably this is because the extra lines of Serif fonts have the effect of cluttering up the screen.
Oh, and the talisman: The best fonts for the screen are probably Verdana and Georgia.
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Why Type on the Web is So BadMicrosoft Typography
The following comments are from the article by Nadav Savio.
"An interesting secondary consideration for the Web is that anti-aliased text may appear more corporate or polished and less "immediate" than straight HTML text."