Hello, The Middle-Aged Hack! You are no hack; but you are a genuine gentleman who teaches people things that no one will ever teach. Your shows are suitable for people of all ages who rather be smart, instead of staying dumb. I once worked in a job as a typist who was hired to learn typesetting. Now that I became unemployed 1997 to become retired in 2019, I use my microcomputer [Dell], a Canon color laser printer, and a Brother P-touch label printer, I am doing better by using a computer printer to print onto paper, than if I began to use a microcomputer in the 1980s decade and do many printer operations to help the printer print one single page. When I was a child, I saw the Century Schoolbook font appear in the Daily News newspapers in New York. Your shows take the mystery out of printer fonts that no one would explain to me.🙂
Those of us who want out words to COMMUNICATE, rather than just "look good" will continue to use Times New Roman, for its outstanding legibility, and universal availability.
If the goal is to communicate, to more people more easily, don't use Times New Roman. Reading accuracy at higher speeds and reading comprehension for people with reading issues like dyslexia or vision issues from age are best achieved with sans serif fonts at larger sizes. The default of Times New Roman and it's universal availability is not because it is legible to humans, but because it is easy for the computer to process, it was common in print type before, and people of that time thought it looked good. If the aim is readability for most people from a commonly available font use something more like Arial sized 16pt or larger. If you want something that is easier to read for dyslexic people, creates less eye strain for the average reader, or is better indexed for speed reading comprehension there are specialty fonts that have been made for those purposes. Those options are not universally available because accessibility and usability for all are not always the default, those options look nothing like Times New Roman, and those options are extremely focused on COMMUNICATING rather than just "looking good"
Hello, The Middle-Aged Hack! You are no hack; but you are a genuine gentleman who teaches people things that no one will ever teach. Your shows are suitable for people of all ages who rather be smart, instead of staying dumb. I once worked in a job as a typist who was hired to learn typesetting. Now that I became unemployed 1997 to become retired in 2019, I use my microcomputer [Dell], a Canon color laser printer, and a Brother P-touch label printer, I am doing better by using a computer printer to print onto paper, than if I began to use a microcomputer in the 1980s decade and do many printer operations to help the printer print one single page. When I was a child, I saw the Century Schoolbook font appear in the Daily News newspapers in New York. Your shows take the mystery out of printer fonts that no one would explain to me.🙂
Those of us who want out words to COMMUNICATE, rather than just "look good" will continue to use Times New Roman, for its outstanding legibility, and universal availability.
Looking good IS communicating.
If the goal is to communicate, to more people more easily, don't use Times New Roman. Reading accuracy at higher speeds and reading comprehension for people with reading issues like dyslexia or vision issues from age are best achieved with sans serif fonts at larger sizes. The default of Times New Roman and it's universal availability is not because it is legible to humans, but because it is easy for the computer to process, it was common in print type before, and people of that time thought it looked good.
If the aim is readability for most people from a commonly available font use something more like Arial sized 16pt or larger.
If you want something that is easier to read for dyslexic people, creates less eye strain for the average reader, or is better indexed for speed reading comprehension there are specialty fonts that have been made for those purposes. Those options are not universally available because accessibility and usability for all are not always the default, those options look nothing like Times New Roman, and those options are extremely focused on COMMUNICATING rather than just "looking good"
15 years and I'm still learning things from you. Interesting video. 🙂
I dunno, I like the way Times New Roman looks. Maybe it’s because I grew up with it being the standard.
Great video. Good explanation.
I knew about the existence of Times, so I always thought Times New, came from Times, not the opposite.
I hope you'll do more videos about typefaces!
You got it!
Really cool video ! Gonna have to check out more of your channel 🙂
Good story, good editing. Computer/tech history of how the past influenced the present seems like an interesting niche to consider.
I lean towards fonts like fredoka, playful but professional
cool vid. would love to see m,ore about typoesetting
Interesting!
This is a great video. times new roman can kiss my ass, i'll never use it again