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Re:The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face by subsection1h on Monday December 09, 2013 @10:07PM (#6878759)
> use a serif font for the main text,really,you can keep the headlines sans.

All the web usability studies and web design books I've read that address typography have stated that most people prefer sans-serif typefaces on screens. And the typefaces used by all the top sites reflect this.

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Re:The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face by ggreer on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @06:12AM (#6880064)
I don't have a strong preference either way, but it's important to note that those recommendations came before retina displays. Serif fonts can't be rendered accurately on low-DPI displays. As more people get high-DPI displays, I bet serif fonts will be used more in body text.
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Re:The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face by jffry on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @08:24AM (#6880540)
This might be news to you, but not everybody has Retina (or equivalent) displays
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Re:The Mozilla Developer Network has a New Face by ggreer on Tuesday December 10, 2013 @12:34PM (#6882116)
Umm... That's what I said. "As more people get high-DPI displays, I bet serif fonts will be used more in body text." I was making a prediction, not stating that designers should use one or the other.
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