Sunday, January 20, 2008

college papers and one's choice of typeface

Papers written with Georgia and Times New Roman (serifs) got As while those with Trebuchet (sans serif) got Bs.





"Times seems to be the norm, so it really doesn’t set off any subconcious triggers. Georgia is enough like Times to retain its academic feel, and is different enough to be something of a relief for the grader. Trebuchet seems to set off a negative trigger, maybe just based on the fact that it’s not as easy to read in print, maybe on the fact that it looks like something off a blog rather than an academic journal. Who knows." - read the entire post here.

via Kottke