Re[2]: FLASH: Clearest Font?

[Roger Heath]

Reply to: Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media

      Re: FLASH: Clearest Font? on Thursday 5:26:56 PM

    From: Roger Heath

heathrleeheath [dot] com

M> At 09:31 AM 12/30/99 , you wrote:

>>We are redoing our portal in Flash and need to keep all links as clear

>>as possible. I am wondering what many of you might consider to be the

>>consistent clearest font to use? MS Sans Serif, Arial ...??? Wondering

>>how far down in size I can go until it is too hard to click on?


M> Verdana is well-designed for this usage. You may need to make it bold 

M> and/or kern it wider (ctrl-alt-right arrow). Point size readability will 

M> depend on whether the piece ends up scaled or fixed pixel dimension in the 

M> browser window. Play with color contrast to find a good combination. Also 

M> make sure your hit area is big enough, which is what will determine ease of 

M> clicking. Hit area for text buttons should be a non-outlined rectangular 

M> fill, NOT the text itself.

M> Marc Hoffman


Thanks. I am using that now, but it seems quite wide. I think I

will use fixed... it is scaled now, seems a bit thinned.


M> See our Flash portfolio at <http://www.dartfrogmedia.com/sampler>

M> (featured in Flash 3 Web Animation, by Ken Milburn)


Was visiting your jungle today... very nice. <g>


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Roger Heath

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