[LMB] OT: fontasy, was smart apostrophes in Word

[Paula Lieberman]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jill Tallman" <lettuce_in_fl at yahoo.com>


>I used them mainly for headline type text in advertising. They are 
>definitely not good for body text. hmm, I'll have to do some more research 
>on body text; but have an appointment now (I shouldn't be checking e-mail).

Headline text is advertising is an appropriate use for them, I agree with 
that.   It's their use in body text &tc that has gotten me so averse to 
them, and alos the ubiquious use of Arial for everything as default in 
software, and when I was using Macintoshes, Monaco for Macintoshes.

For me, headlines are things I glance at and don't get enormous amounts of 
my continuing attention--there tends to be a lot more body text than 
headline text in what I read, the headline text is for covetr page titles 
and section header titles and section names and such, the stuff I'm reading 
as opposed to navigating by, is in body text fonts--I read mostly for 
information, and when the font draws attention to itself, it's interfering 
with the information flow--there's Miles, in a dire situation, and there's 
the font, preventing me from concentrating on Miles' plight and analysis and 
actions!

> ----- Original Message ----
> From: Paula Lieberman <paal at gis.net>
>
> snipped - RDCV: Paula hates Eras and Americana fonts