tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post4600158055010901309..comments2024-03-20T12:56:48.451-05:00Comments on Better Posters: Should your first presentation be a poster?Zen Faulkeshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07811309183398223358noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1481277762471114452.post-63371820744064966192014-02-06T10:22:33.029-06:002014-02-06T10:22:33.029-06:00Scientists used to rely on a handful of workhorse ...Scientists used to rely on a handful of workhorse faces (Times Roman, Computer Modern, etc.), not because they liked them, but because the more decorative fonts didn't include a comprehensive enough set of Greek characters and mathematical symbols for the content they were writing about.<br /><br />And of course, they carefully avoided sans serifs, since they make it difficult to tell the numeral 1 from the lowercase l and the capital I.<br /><br />So the choice of Comic Sans for this poster seems less of a lapse of taste than a tool poorly suited to the job.Victor Curranhttp://www.precisiongraphics.comnoreply@blogger.com