The New York Times has had a redesign, and it's
looking very spiffy. Why is this relevant to a weblog that covers Microsoft? Well, as Robert Scoble reports
the new design is sporting the Georgia font, which is a Interestingly, according to an informal study done over at FadTastic, academic papers that are done using Georgia score better than those done using Times New Roman.
Anil Dash has a great breakdown analysing the redesign.
[Note: Updated to correctly identify Georgia as a serif font, as per Bill's
comment below]
1. Quick correction: the Georgia font does have serifs, which is why it is so readable.
Posted at 2:53PM on Apr 6th 2006 by Bill