Comments on: Typography on the Web http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/2009/10/typography-on-the-web/ What if Gregor Samsa awoke a computer programmer? Tue, 15 May 2012 14:43:28 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Chris Herdt http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/2009/10/typography-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-13968 Chris Herdt Fri, 25 Jun 2010 19:41:16 +0000 http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/?p=242#comment-13968 I just saw <a href="http://www.cracked.com/funny-5647-fonts/" rel="nofollow">The CRACKED Guide to Fonts</a>, which I have to say I agree with in most respects. I just saw The CRACKED Guide to Fonts, which I have to say I agree with in most respects.

]]> By: Chris Herdt http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/2009/10/typography-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-8578 Chris Herdt Sat, 03 Oct 2009 14:51:05 +0000 http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/?p=242#comment-8578 When I was picking up a rental car yesterday, they were complaining about their new computer system. They had just moved from the "green screen" to a more modern interface, and they were not necessarily embracing it. Of course, most computer users are change-averse, but it did surprise me a little--ASCII-based interfaces must be getting rare. I think you have a good eye for an easy-to-use interface. Maybe that's because of your work on financial systems, rather than in spite of it! When I was picking up a rental car yesterday, they were complaining about their new computer system. They had just moved from the “green screen” to a more modern interface, and they were not necessarily embracing it. Of course, most computer users are change-averse, but it did surprise me a little–ASCII-based interfaces must be getting rare.

I think you have a good eye for an easy-to-use interface. Maybe that’s because of your work on financial systems, rather than in spite of it!

]]> By: Steven Tomcavage http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/2009/10/typography-on-the-web/comment-page-1/#comment-8566 Steven Tomcavage Sat, 03 Oct 2009 01:09:44 +0000 http://osric.com/chris/accidental-developer/?p=242#comment-8566 I like your division of the world into three font groups, but I'd have to add a fourth -- non-GUI programmers. When I was programming financial systems where the only user interface was in monospace, I could recognize three font types -- web, monospace, and illegible. It only after moving to web programming that I realized that web fonts are divided between serif and sans serif. Hopefully programming will never get to the point that I'll have to know 20,000 fonts. I like your division of the world into three font groups, but I’d have to add a fourth — non-GUI programmers. When I was programming financial systems where the only user interface was in monospace, I could recognize three font types — web, monospace, and illegible. It only after moving to web programming that I realized that web fonts are divided between serif and sans serif. Hopefully programming will never get to the point that I’ll have to know 20,000 fonts.

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