Comments on: The annoying rise of Lucida Grande http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/ Sam Stevens' Web Development Blog Tue, 7 Oct 2008 02:53:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.11 by: Louise http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63310 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 21:40:13 +0000 http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63310 Both those samples you sent me to look absolutely awful. My empathy goes out to you. Thanks for the insight. And thanks for the compliments. Both those samples you sent me to look absolutely awful. My empathy goes out to you. Thanks for the insight. And thanks for the compliments.

]]> by: Sam Stevens http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63261 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 16:48:00 +0000 http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63261 Thanks Louise, you set me straight with your comment. My post should be titled "The annoying rise of Helvetica". I don't have Lucida Grande on my Windows system either, so it's defaulting to Helvetica for me. I suspect it's a more common font on Mac. <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/indranil/550891466/sizes/o/" rel="nofollow">It looks like a nice type face.</a> I do like Helvetica for HTML headlines, and in graphics, but for HTML main body text, it's just too hard to read, I think. <a href="http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/wp-content/images/helvetica.gif" rel="nofollow">This is what I see.</a> Again, I imagine it's more readable on a Mac, so the rise of HTML Helvetica can probably be attributed to the increased saturation of Macs. Mac designers should be aware however that Win users still far outnumber them, and just has we have to check our designs on Macs for compatibility, so too should they be testing for the Windows market. By the way, the paintings on your website are incredible!! Thanks Louise, you set me straight with your comment. My post should be titled "The annoying rise of Helvetica". I don't have Lucida Grande on my Windows system either, so it's defaulting to Helvetica for me. I suspect it's a more common font on Mac. It looks like a nice type face.

I do like Helvetica for HTML headlines, and in graphics, but for HTML main body text, it's just too hard to read, I think. This is what I see.

Again, I imagine it's more readable on a Mac, so the rise of HTML Helvetica can probably be attributed to the increased saturation of Macs. Mac designers should be aware however that Win users still far outnumber them, and just has we have to check our designs on Macs for compatibility, so too should they be testing for the Windows market.

By the way, the paintings on your website are incredible!!

]]> by: Louise http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63112 Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:43:04 +0000 http://www.stevensmedia.com/blog/design-and-usability/the-annoying-rise-of-lucida-grande/#comment-63112 I checked that mashables website but it doesn't show lucida grande on my computer (perhaps it is because I don't have it as such on my system.) Dead curious to know how ugly it looks! Cheers, L I checked that mashables website but it doesn't show lucida grande on my computer (perhaps it is because I don't have it as such on my system.) Dead curious to know how ugly it looks! Cheers, L

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