[Air-l] Web font sizes

[Rosemary Agbonlahor]

Hello all,

Does anyone know why some websites use very small Arial type fonts? I asked a colleague and he said it was so as to get as much information as possible on a page. Have there been studies in this area? 

Thanks a lot,

Rosemary

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Rosemary Agbonlahor
Africa Regional Centre for Information Science
P.O. Box 22133
6 Benue Road
University of Ibadan
NIGERIA
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