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		<title>Ugly Fonts, and Reading</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Jan 2011 21:05:25 -0800</pubDate>
		<author>Rootfireember</author>
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			<![CDATA[ There's been a recent explosion in my feed-reader about how Ugly Fonts may boost Reading Comprehension. Some have taken this to mean that fonts such as comic-sans should be used more often. Those people haven't paid attention to the actual study. It's not ugly boosting the reading comprehension. It's the harder-to-read fonts doing it. The ones that make you stop, read slower and focus more on what you're reading instead of speeding through it like a cheetah on speed. <br /><br />Just because a font's ugly, doesn't mean it's great to use. Different fonts can convey different things -- and a font (such as comic sans) doesn't necessarily convey the "oh look, it's school, let us learn now" feeling. It's not a bad font, it's just a bit silly and goofy for a place such as a text book, and it's really not hard to read. Which is where websites seem to be mixing things up, equating all ugly fonts with proper fonts for any use now.<br /><br />Is it just me or has the media, in general, been taking a lot of rather bland stories, twisting them to the point where recognizing the sources is near impossible, and throwing a shitfit?  Tiger Mom, Comic Sans is for Educating! and the 13th Zodiac...<br /><br />or maybe it's just the local coffee shop keeping the tv on fox news and pissing me off with this crap in the morning. ]]>
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