By screen font do you mean bitmap? How about Underware’s Unibody?

Thanks for you sugestion, it’s certainly an option!

It doesn’t need to be a bitmap font. It just has to “look good” on screen at small sizes.
It will be displayed in a pdf not in a website, the point size in a pdf will actually look smaller than in a html file.

Howdy!

One of my favorite screen fonts is Trebuchet. You should check it out, it is quite legible at 9pt, it works in larger sizes as well. As far as I know it’s free too.

- JK

When pdfs open they rarely open at 100%.

It’s one of the pitfalls pdfs.

Keep this in mind if you choose a pixel font as they look terrible when not displayed at 100% (or 200%,300%...).

If you do choose a pixel font (which I suggest you don’t) FFF have some good cheap ones here: http://www.fontsforflash.com/

You know what looks inexplicably good at very small sizes on-screen? Rotis. Specifically the Sans Bold, IIRC. Tracked loose.

> When pdfs open they rarely open at 100%.

So there’s no way to force it?

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If you do need a pixelfont please check this out too:
http://www.themicrofoundry.com/manademo/

hhp

Jason Kottke’s Silkscreen is available for free, but read through his FAQ, in which he explains that the font looks best when set in 8 point multiples (8 pts., 16 pts., etc.).

Thanks to all for your interesting suggestions.

Regards

You can set the default display size for a pdf using Acrobat I think in file>properties. It can show at 100% or fit to screen amongst other options.

Just type it in Helvetica Bold in one size.

Ken, for the sake of argument (and motivated by the location details in your profile), I will assume you’re serious, and suggest that you sign up for my typeface design evening course at Art Center (in the Spring) where I can spend all the time necessary explaining why Helvetica (at any weight and size*) shouldn’t be touched with a ten foot composing stick.

* Except maybe the hairline weight at a few hundred point.

hhp

Hrant, don’t feed the Helvetitroll!

“Since I was 8 years old I had no other desire then graphic design.”

Proofreading wasn’t a desire then? ;-)