Thursday, August 1, 2013

Print Fonts Vs Web Fonts

However, anti-aliased text --in which the pixels appear smooth, as opposed to aliased text with jagged edges -- should appear smoother when seen on screen.

Examples of Fonts

Example of print fonts that are commonly used are Times New Roman and Arial.




Print fonts are designed to be easily glance at in a printed format, so any font that you choose in a talk processing or publishing programme has been created specifically for readability when printed outside in impenetrable write. Print fonts are created based on dots for assist of printing. Fonts with narrow or aggrandized curved lines attempt improved for printing a compacted copy.


Web Fonts


Web fonts are created and designed to be easily read if you are reading at your computer screen. Web fonts are created using square pixels for computer displays, the idea being that reading from a screen and reading from hard copy are different experiences for the eye so the font designs have to mirror that. Research shows (Bernard, Liao & Mills, International Journal of Human-Computer Studies) that this is not actually true and there were little or no differences in readability.Font choices are crowing fictional with esthetic values in cognizance.There are hundreds of discrepant font designs available that serve for printing and for the net. Font Election is oftentimes based on the type of record you are creating; the font can moderate the feeling by forging it good, funereal or pretty.

Print Fonts



Examples of web fonts that are in common usage are Georgia and Verdana. Some fonts may just "look" better in print than they do on the screen and aesthetic considerations are best applied to font choices.