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Originally Posted by Andybaby
Currently im using Heltivica, after jumping between bookman, Dejavu Serif, Verdana, and Georgia. I am really liking Heltivica, it really makes it easy to read, thats why the MTA uses it  |
Helvetica is a classic, but for a sans-serif, it suffers legibility problems like all of the grotesque family does -- the counters on lowercase letters, especially 'e' and 's' close up too much (under bad conditions -- like screen resolution -- an 's' can become a miniature '8'). For decent results on screen, a humanist sans-serif with large x-height and detailed hinting will give you your best results. Verdana is a bit wide for normal usage, but Calibri, Lucida, and Myriad would be my recommendations.
MTA doesn't rely on long-distance viewing so they can focus more on style. DoT is currently switching over to
ClearviewHwy because they need high visibility and readability under all conditions.
