I hear ya. But you know graphic designers have to think about context and intent. If the application results in less-than-acceptable performance in some regard, the design has failed. Remember, readability can also be improved through size, weight, kerning, and tracking.

Most of the fonts I display here on my site are hard to judge, because of the poor resolution at 72dpi. Hence my usual blowing them up and carefully adjusting the anti-aliasing so as to become legible. A printed example will give them their full glory.

Do you like Futura better? Is there a favorite sans serif font you like? Thanks for the compliment, btw.

I know fonts are important (I’m married to a designer). But I just can’t get excited about them. I just want readable. Frankly, I think for folks over 40, especially those of us with glasses, Avenir is a difficult font to spend any time with. I would not use it at my site, nor any site whose readers weren’t skewed toward the 20/30 somethings.

Remember, it is about our readers, not about us. Love your passion, my friend.

Thanks for ruining the secret, Mario.

Great minds, or just fellow obsessives?