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mansr on April 7, 2014 | parent | context | favorite | on: Comic Sans, meet Comic Neue

Arial is a sloppy-looking knockoff of Helvetica. It's the typographical equivalent of fake designer clothes.

There's nothing inherently wrong with using Verdana as a screen font.

ceejayoz on April 7, 2014 | [–]

> It's the typographical equivalent of fake designer clothes.

So... perfectly fine for most people?

stavros on April 7, 2014 | [–]

I see, thanks. I didn't know Arial was much newer than Helvetica.

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