There's an entire man on the subject.

My wife grew up with a deaf father, so we always have captioning on in my house. We barely notice it anymore.

Joe Clark's right though--- all sorts of typographic atrocities can be found.

As a swede, growing up with subtitles both on TV and on film, I actually never thought about the type used before.

"What should be expressly forbidden is the use of any typeface ten years ofage or older designed for print: No Univers, no Helvetica,..."

Well, I think it's one of those two used in this country..or ? Any swede out there who knows?

I guess it's true sometimes what Emigre says "it's the reader's familiarity with a face that account for it's legibility"

A serif would never work for me.

I really liked the subtitles in Fellowship of the Ring set in Zuzana Licko's Matrix. They were used for the conversations in Elf-ish or whatever Tolkien called it. Can't wait for the next one.

Does the article on Print magazine speaks about precise fonts for screen captions?
Most of the times I see rounded fonts on screen. Perhaps it's the screen who renders that?

> Joe Clark's right though--- all sorts of typographic atrocities can be found.

I read Joe's article (in the current Print) the other day, and I thought it was well-written and very insightful. On the other hand, actually making recommendations for improvements would have made it even more useful.

hhp