AW: Ugly fonts

[Adrian Williams]

Joe/Ian,

I am involved in designing typefaces for better legibility in special  
needs and
a spin-off of this is that they happen also to be useful for the  
partially sighted.
Dr. Rosemary Sassoon - a handwriting expert, has a book that is  
recommended
reading for anyone wanting to get the best from fonts on computers.

Details of "Computers and Typography" and all her books are on our  
website...
http://www.clubtype.co.uk/books.html

Adrian


On 12 Apr 2007, at 17:27, Ian Wood wrote:
> Joe,
>
> I have a design/interface question for you. As a photographer, I  
> often like web and app interfaces which have white or very light  
> grey text on a dark grey (sometimes *very* dark grey) background -  
> is this as bad as a coloured background for you?
>
> I'm specifically thinking of apps like Aperture or websites like  
> http://www.fredmiranda.com/ .
>
> Ian
>
> On 12 Apr 2007, at 15:44, Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:
>> Just to add my two bits worth: As someone who is visually  
>> challenged, when I receive ANYTHING with white text and a colored  
>> background, I trash it. It is entirely too difficult for me to  
>> read. I certainly would not work in that type of environment under  
>> any circumstances. Black on white works for me. IMHO,
>>
>> Joe Wilkins
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