{"authorId":1,"title":{"title":{}},"slug":"stop-using-helvetica","postDate":1187725265,"expiryDate":null,"enabled":1,"fields":{"2":"<p>Ok, so that&rsquo;s a little extreme. I&rsquo;m going to preface this post a little bit. I love Helvetica as a font. It&rsquo;s a gorgeous font, and it has <a href=\"http:\/\/www.helveticafilm.com\/\">stood the test of time<\/a>. So now that everyone understands my opinion on the font, I&rsquo;ll go back to my original post&hellip;<\/p>\n\n<!--more-->\n\n<p>Why do designers decide to use Helvetica for their site&rsquo;s body copy? It looks <strong>AWFUL<\/strong> at small sizes.<\/p>\n\n<p>The sizes that I think have the most problems are 12px and lower. Unfortunately, I have seen sites that use body copy as small as 10px. It&rsquo;s pretty sad that when I get to a site that uses a small size of Helvetica as the body copy, I change the body <code>font-family<\/code> to Verdana using <a href=\"http:\/\/getfirebug.com\/\">Firebug<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p>I made an <a href=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/play\/helvetica\/\">example page to show the various Helvetica sizes from 10px &ndash; 20px<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<h2 class=\"replaceHeadline\">Helvetica on Windows<\/h2>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/images\/content\/2008\/01\/screenshot-windows.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-helvetica\" title=\"Helvetica on Windows Screenshot\"><img src=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/images\/content\/2008\/01\/screenshot-windows_thumb.gif\" alt=\"Windows Screenshot\" class=\"thumbnail\" height=\"125\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a>\n\n<h2 class=\"replaceHeadline\">Helvetica on the Mac<\/h2>\n\n<a href=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/images\/content\/2008\/01\/screenshot-mac.gif\" rel=\"lightbox-helvetica\" title=\"Helvetica on Mac Screenshot\"><img src=\"http:\/\/trevordavis.net\/images\/content\/2008\/01\/screenshot-mac_thumb.gif\" alt=\"Windows Screenshot\" class=\"thumbnail\" height=\"112\" width=\"468\" \/><\/a>\n\n<h3 class=\"replaceHeadline\">In Conclusion<\/h3>\n<p>So I guess this is more of a call to action than a post. So web designers, <strong>Stop Using Helvetica<\/strong> at such small sizes!<\/p>","4":{"website":{}}}}