[Reprinted] the differences between serifsans-Serif fonts and serifsans-serif fonts

[Reprinted] the differences between serifsans-Serif fonts and serifsans-serif fonts

In the Roman alphabet camp in western countries, there are two main types of fonts: Sans Serif and Serif. Although the typewriter also belongs to Sans Serif, it is an equal-width font, therefore, Monospace is independent. For example, in the Web, the same width font is often used to represent code.

Serif indicates that there is additional decoration at the start and end of the stroke, and the stroke width varies depending on the horizontal direction. On the contrary, Sans Serif does not have these additional decorations, and the stroke width is roughly the same. For example:

　　

We can see that the usual Georgia, Times New Roman, etc. belong to the Serif font, while Arial, Tahoma, Verdana, etc. belong to the Sans Serif font. For Chinese, these two types are also available. Obviously, and (commonly used in traditional Chinese) belong to Serif, while simhei and youyuan belong to Sans Serif.

　　Comparison between Serif and Sans Serif:

① Serif fonts are easy to recognize, so they are easy to recognize. On the contrary, Sans Serif is more eye-catching. However, when reading the text, Sans Serif is prone to letter recognition problems, which often involves re-reading back and forth and disorder of upper and lower lines.

② Serif emphasizes the start and end of the letter strokes, so it is easier to identify the continuity before and after.

③ Serif emphasizes a word rather than a single letter, while Sans Serif emphasizes individual letters.

④ In small fonts, Sans Serif is usually clearer than Serif.

Because the black text belongs to "Sans-serif" and the Song text belongs to "Serif", the latter is easier for human eyes to recognize, therefore, reading is more comfortable. The Japanese text is Sans-serif, so most people use the Goethe-style (equivalent to the Spanish text ).

Purpose:

Generally, the internal text and body of an article use the preferred Serif font, which can increase the ease of reading and reading for a long time, because the unit is word, it is not easy to get tired. The titles and words in the table are highlighted in the Sans Serif font, which needs to be significant and eye-catching, but you don't have to stare at these words for a long time.

For eye-catching purposes like publicity materials and posters, Sans Serif fonts are used for short paragraphs. However, when the body of books, newspapers, magazines, and so on is too long, the Serif font should be used to reduce the reader's reading burden. This principle should also be followed in Web design and browser settings.

Practical application:

　　In Firefox (currently only Firefox has this function), you can separately specify the Chinese and Western text bodies of Sans Serif, Serif, and Monospace. However, this option is not set in the tool menu, however, you can type about: config in Addressbar and Filter the font in the Filter to find the following Preference Name:

Code:font.name.monospace.x-westernfont.name.monospace.zh-CNfont.name.sans-serif.x-westernfont.name.sans-serif.zh-CNfont.name.serif.x-westernfont.name.serif.zh-CN

You can specify a font based on the above Sans Serif, Serif, and Monospace principles. According to W3C CSS rules) in the end, you must specify a Generic-family such as Serif to avoid using the default Serif font on the local machine when the client does not specify a font.

　　

Because the linefeed font is very readable, the most widely used part is the text content of a publication or print, and other works in the form of a large text.

Common linefeed fonts include Georgia, Garamond, Times New Roman, and Chinese.

The font of the inlined line is relatively smooth, and the lines are generally even in width. It is suitable for use as an artistic word or title. Because the non-lined font is usually even in width, the readability of the small font is reduced, which may cause visual fatigue.

Common unlined fonts are: Trebuchet MS, Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, Chinese, and so on.

　　Other generic font families

　　In printing, in addition to serif and sans-serif, there are usually Monospace wide fonts, scripts handwriting (such as flowers), blackletter lead fonts (also called gothic. Strictly speaking, many common serif fonts are actually gothic fonts) and ornamental decorations (fonts with decorative patterns on or around the text strokes. Many medieval books are common. If the brain is actually a font, it can be regarded as a decoration ......) Symbol font (such as the famous wedding123 ......)

　　Monospace width Font:

The so-called equal-width font refers to the font with the same width for each character. A famous example is the Courier New font. Because the character width is consistent, alignment is very easy and can quickly and accurately locate a column in a row. Therefore, it is often used to display code.

Cursive Writing: equivalent to handwriting in printing. The Chinese text line grass is such a font.

　　Default font in web design:Font size (12 Px), line height (18 px)

font: 12px/1.5 Tahoma, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;

① Font-family uses Tahoma. Tahoma by default, which is the default font of the English Windows operating system. This font is relatively balanced and displays a good mix of Chinese and English characters. It is a durable font.

② Mac OS X has a default font that is more elegant than Tahoma: Helvetica. The Helvetica fonts for non-Mac systems are all Rip.

③ Arial is the default font for early Windows English systems. Tahoma is used in both XP and Vista.

④ The Last sans-serif is for the powerful Linux DIY family. Linux only has kernel by default, and the font is completely customized by the user. For these users, sans-serif may be useful.

⑤ In XP or Vista, if the Chinese font of a webpage is not specified, the default font is. Therefore, the 'body' in font-family is redundant and can be omitted.

 

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