<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=us-ascii"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><a href="mailto:peter@easthope.ca" class="">peter@easthope.ca</a> wrote:<div class=""><br class=""><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">From hklaver at <a href="http://dds.nl" class="">dds.nl</a> Tue Jul 25 01:44:12 2017<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">... two excellent books: The Oberon System by Martin Reiser and <br class="">Object-Oriented Programming in Oberon-2 by Hanspeter M?ssenb?ck. These <br class="">books are the two best typeset Oberon books there are (imho). <br class=""></blockquote><br class="">The source Text in Reiser & Wirth's _Programming In Oberon_ has serifs <br class="">and is legible. But I understand that sans is advantageous on a small <br class="">screen.<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div><div>Of course it's largely a matter of taste. </div><div><br class=""></div><div>Have a look for yourself: a scan of Martin Reiser's '<i class="">The Oberon System</i>' can be found here: <a href="http://oberoncore.ru/library/reiser_the_oberon_system_user_guide_and_programmers_manual" class="">http://oberoncore.ru/library/reiser_the_oberon_system_user_guide_and_programmers_manual</a> </div><div>and there's a pdf-version of Moessenboeck's '<i class="">OOP in Oberon-2 </i>' here: <a href="http://ssw.jku.at/Research/Books/Oberon2.pdf" class="">http://ssw.jku.at/Research/Books/Oberon2.pdf</a> . </div><div>In both books the main text is set in a serif font and the Oberon source code text is set in Helvetica. I find it very pleasing to the eye, and (for me) a joy to read. On modern high resolution screens it's similar.</div><div><br class=""></div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class=""><div class="">From:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Hans Klaver <<a href="mailto:hklaver@dds.nl" class="">hklaver@dds.nl</a>><br class="">Date:<span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space:pre"> </span>Thu, 10 Aug 2017 01:58:37 +0200<br class=""><blockquote type="cite" class="">I would suggest: "font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif"<br class=""></blockquote><br class="">I've read advise that font selection should be constrained no more <br class="">than necessary. That suggests "font-family: sans-serif" or <br class="">"font-family: sans-serif, serif". Also, many or most readers won't <br class="">notice the differences between the various sans fonts. You specify <br class="">Heletica explicitly in respect of its primacy?<br class=""></div></div></blockquote><div><br class=""></div>That's right. Helvetica is the original of this font-family. If you specify "font-family: Helvetica, sans-serif" then if Helvetica is available on a computer it will be used, otherwise Arial or some other look-alike will be used. Helvetica first because it is the original and in honour of Wirth and Oberon, who are from Helvetia (Switzerland).</div><div><br class=""></div><div>--</div><div>Hans Klaver</div><div>(The Netherlands)</div><div><div><br class=""></div></div></div></body></html>