Default fonts in Word 2007 against best practice!?

[Jouni Aro]

I began my first new document with the new MS Word 2007. What
immediately strikes me is the default fonts used for the styles:
Headings use Cambria font and Body text Calibri.

What I have learned is that serif fonts are better in body text and sans
serif in titles. The same is also mentioned in the following article
(which only applies to PowerPoint 2003, though... :) )

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011243941033.aspx

Now, Cambria is a serif font and Calibri a sans serif, so Word 2007
suggests the exact opposite than what has been found to be the best
practice! Has anyone else noticed this or any reasons why this is so,
except that no-one really cares?

Jouni

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[Tom Ferguson]

What can I say. Perhaps it is stating the obvious to point out that the
people that set up the templates are not the ones who made the
recommendations you cite. And they had different ideas. Just as there are
those who say never to start a sentence with and or but.. But I disagree.
--
Tom
MSMVP 1998-2007
PS
There are endless disputes of use of punctuation such as '?'.
;-)

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I began my first new document with the new MS Word 2007. What immediately
strikes me is the default fonts used for the styles: Headings use Cambria
font and Body text Calibri.
What I have learned is that serif fonts are better in body text and sans
serif in titles. The same is also mentioned in the following article
(which only applies to PowerPoint 2003, though... :) )
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011243941033.aspx
Now, Cambria is a serif font and Calibri a sans serif, so Word 2007
suggests the exact opposite than what has been found to be the best
practice! Has anyone else noticed this or any reasons why this is so,
except that no-one really cares?
Jouni
Note: cross-posting, follow up set to
microsoft.public.word.application.errors

[Stephen R. Diamond]

The conventional wisdow continues to advise serif fonts for hard-copy body
text, but sans serif for on-screen reading, for greatest legibility. The
most thoughtful scientific reviews conclude that people prefer what they
are accustomed to, not because of inherent legibility differences. Since
more people read online, the number preferring serif fonts is probably
diminishing. Microsoft, as is its wont, may want to be ahead of the curve.

Stephen Diamond
http://disputedissues.blogspot.com

I began my first new document with the new MS Word 2007. What immediately
strikes me is the default fonts used for the styles: Headings use Cambria
font and Body text Calibri.
What I have learned is that serif fonts are better in body text and sans
serif in titles. The same is also mentioned in the following article
(whichonly applies to PowerPoint 2003, though... )
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint/HA011243941033.aspx
Now, Cambria is a serif font and Calibri a sans serif, so Word 2007
suggeststhe exact opposite than what has been found to be the best
practice! Hasanyone else noticed this or any reasons why this is so,
except that no-onereally cares?

Jouni