Re: Font choices for WebOPAC

[Alejandro Garza Gonzalez <alejandro dot garza at itesm dot mx>]

I read somewhere thet, according to at least one study, the font Verdana 
is teh most "readable" font (doing tests on speed and comprehension on 
several texts). This is the font Amazon uses. We are also using it in 
our Digital Library pages and also in our Opac.

It has to do something with the sans-serif nature and also the size and 
spacing of the letters in the font...

Sorry, I lost the source! =)

_alex

Anne Myers wrote:

> Hello my expert Innovative friends -
>
> We are looking at fonts for our new WebOPAC design and are curious about
> what you are using in yours.  We know we have had issues with patrons using
> our current catalog (which uses Times New Roman - not my idea) getting
> confused with O and 0 (zero and capital o) or L and 1 (letter L and number
> 1). So we don't want to replicate that in the new design if we can help it.
>
> What are you using for your fonts?  Inquiring minds want to know!  Well,
> okay, maybe just me.  But tell me anyway!
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Anne
>
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> Boston University Law Library
> amyers at bu dot edu
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