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Comment by rsynnott

3 years ago

Hmm. Are serif fonts beginning to die out altogether, actually? I definitely feel like I see a lot more sans serif than I used to.

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BitwiseFool  3 years ago

I think design trends ebb and flow. We're currently in a period of strong minimalism. But sooner or later some designers will start using serif typefaces in order to stand out and the trend will reverse.

  • lopis  3 years ago

    The last decade was strongly minimalist in terms of design, while this one is showing the opposite direction in many ways.

tonmoy  3 years ago

Although my brain thinks any serif font document as more “legitimate”, I can’t think of any reason to use serif in a world of such high resolution screens and printers.

  • formerly_proven  3 years ago

    I think you got that backwards. The reason why sans serif fonts became popular is because computer displays are low resolution. Before that, they were often used for ads because they were deemed eccentric. On a modern, high resolution display with hundreds of DPIs you can have all the serifs you want.

  • techwizrd  3 years ago

    Not everyone has a high resolution screen and printer, and it is still important to communicate to those who cannot afford them.

    Additionally, I find it hard to discern the difference between 0 and O and I, 1, and l in many sans serif fonts (although the same can be said for some serif fonts).