Comments on: The Problem with Gill Sans http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/ Ranting and Raving Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:41:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Mokka mit Schlag » Changing Fonts http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-13895 Mokka mit Schlag » Changing Fonts Mon, 25 Sep 2006 10:05:33 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-13895 [...] I chose Garamond for the body text, but Vera Mono for the code. Good looking monospaced fonts are really hard to come by, especially for print as opposed to the screen. More than one author has simply given up and decided to go with a nearly-monospaced font instead. The code font here is just a boring Courier, but I think I’ll experiment with changing that to Vera Mono too, especially since in Bitstream Vera (unlike Gill Sans) it is possible to distinguish an l from a 1. [...] [...] I chose Garamond for the body text, but Vera Mono for the code. Good looking monospaced fonts are really hard to come by, especially for print as opposed to the screen. More than one author has simply given up and decided to go with a nearly-monospaced font instead. The code font here is just a boring Courier, but I think I’ll experiment with changing that to Vera Mono too, especially since in Bitstream Vera (unlike Gill Sans) it is possible to distinguish an l from a 1. [...]

]]> By: Mike B http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7723 Mike B Fri, 30 Jun 2006 12:42:30 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7723 I don't think Gill Sans is the only font with this problem. BTW, in the second paragraph of your post, the word "I'll" looks pretty funny in whatever font my browser is using: all three letters look identical. (But the font in the text box I'm typing this comment uses a different font where the "I" and the "l" are different.) I don’t think Gill Sans is the only font with this problem. BTW, in the second paragraph of your post, the word “I’ll” looks pretty funny in whatever font my browser is using: all three letters look identical. (But the font in the text box I’m typing this comment uses a different font where the “I” and the “l” are different.)

]]> By: J Donald http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7669 J Donald Thu, 29 Jun 2006 18:30:28 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7669 Gill Sans is definitely not screen-friendly, either, in my opinion. And at point sizes smaller than 18 or so, the subtleties that make Gill Sans so cool are obscured. Best keep this as a print font (and British railway station signs :). Gill Sans is definitely not screen-friendly, either, in my opinion. And at point sizes smaller than 18 or so, the subtleties that make Gill Sans so cool are obscured. Best keep this as a print font (and British railway station signs :).

]]> By: Leroy http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7663 Leroy Thu, 29 Jun 2006 15:51:27 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7663 Personally I find it pretty, but harder to read larger blocks of text. I guess I need those serifs to guide me. Personally I find it pretty, but harder to read larger blocks of text. I guess I need those serifs to guide me.

]]> By: Colin http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7648 Colin Thu, 29 Jun 2006 13:15:25 +0000 http://www.elharo.com/blog/software-development/web-development/2006/06/29/the-problem-with-gill-sans/#comment-7648 I never actually got Gill Sans to show up for your web page, since on my system W2K, the Font Folio postscript font is call GillSans (no space). Regardless I read the opening paragraph above without noticing at all the one character, since, like the majority of English readers, I read words, not characters. Cheers, Colin. I never actually got Gill Sans to show up for your web page, since on my system W2K, the Font Folio postscript font is call GillSans (no space).

Regardless I read the opening paragraph above without noticing at all the one character, since, like the majority of English readers, I read words, not characters.

Cheers,
Colin.

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