alt Hacker NewsMy personal experience, if I have to sum it up, would be, “Sans Serif is cleaner and easier for normal reads, such as shorter text, menus, and overall interfaces. Serif for longer reads where I need deeper focus.”
My personal experience, if I have to sum it up, would be, “Sans Serif is cleaner and easier for normal reads, such as shorter text, menus, and overall interfaces. Serif for longer reads where I need deeper focus.”
I find serifs distracting and "noisy" regardless of text length. Their modern use restricted to headings, wordmarks, etc. makes more sense to me.
We ended up with sans-serif for body text on the web because it's more legibile on low-res screens. I still can't believe that didn't settle the argument right there and then decades ago. If something is easier to read on those crappy old screens, it's easier to read everywhere.