John Olinda
Got asked to do a technology presentation for a teachers' conference. Not sure if I should just spend the entire time ranting about terrible passwords or debunking the notion that kids are good with computers.
John Olinda
Sans serif all the things!
Martijn
Unless it is meant to be printed. I can't imagine reading through a long text set in a sans-serif there. Recently started using Helvetica Neue in my feed reader instead of a slab-serif and haven't made up my mind about that yet either. Teachers & students could switch to e.g. Constantia, a serif font designed for both screen and print and available from Microsoft.
Martijn
Yeah, that's what comicneue.com is for, right? Teachers.
Eric
Neat link! I should say I don't mind Comic Sans, I just got tired of it being used for my History work. I still got stacks of Comic Sans typed docs on the very serious nature of Puritanism in 16th Century England.
John Olinda
Well, unfortunately it is just a natural extension of the "silly" design so prevalent in educational software and settings. It's possibly entertaining to younger kids, but it never seems to stop. It's so hard to find educational resources that are well-designed and also educationally sound.