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Using sans-serif font through a large body of text is another design faux pas, n'est pas?
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Depends on the school of the typographer (and, IMHO, the age of the target demographic). Serif is traditionally used, if I'm remembering correctly, because people complained that the pages were too bright in sans-serif (Italian typographer I believe) - because serifs darken the page through optical color mixing.
Some new texts, in an effort to seem more "modern" (many websites, or texts on the digital world) - go with either a very light serif with noticeable variation between thicks and thins (Palatino or Georgia) or sans (Helvetica mainly). While others stick with more of a slab-like serif with more minor variations in thicks and thins (Times) more out of tradition than actual readability concerns (IMO).
Basically - what I think will happen - is less optical color mixing between the optical gray of the font, and the dimmed white of the background. The brightness issue mentioned above - shouldn't really play here - because the "paper" isn't bright white; therefore, won't reflect bright light back to the reader, which would ultimately lead to eye fatigue/strain.
In theory even a serif font which has a light gray would suffice. But, as I said, I can't figure out how to take the LRF files I have - and make them display in a different font.
Zelda did a wonderful explanation for converting documents - but, the LRFs I have don't let me convert them; so, I can't get it to work.
Cheers,
Josh
ps. The fact that we're staring into a light-bulb is why I believe many web designers are now opting for serifs as well - dim the lights - so-to-speak.
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excellent book on typography.