Serif and Sans-Serif

Every now and then we use these serif and non-serif texts, but never went in detail.  Today while returning from office this serif and non-serif doubt came into my mind.  So, I am sharing upto whatever extent I learnt about this serif and non-serif and I would also like to share my experience about the use of these serif and non-serif typefaces in designing. 
     Serif and Sans-serif are typefaces. Serifs are semi-structural details on the ends of some of the strokes that make up letters and symbols (thanks to wiki) while Sans-Serif are typefaces without serifs.  In French Sans means "without".  There
are some fonts which are available in both typefaces i.e., serif and sans-serif while few fonts are available in only serif or in only sans-serif.  Like Gothic fonts are available in sans-serif only and roman fonts are available in serif only. 

The following images will clear you the difference about these typefaces.

Sans-serif font:

Serif Font:

Serif font, with the red part showing the serifs, if you remove those serifs its a normal sans-serif font.

 As per my experience in body text of a webpage one must use Sans-Serif fonts its more discerning than Serif fonts.  Serif fonts are more clearly visible if they are used in big font sizes.  So in body text of a web page one must try Arial, Tahoma, Verdana etc.  Han! you can use those serif fonts in heading tags.  And when it comes to Logo designing, these Serif  fonts are just awesome.  They look very beautiful. But you should never try a serif font for captions for the logo, reason is those captions will be used everywhere in small sizes and serif fonts in small sizes are not discerning.  Well it was my opinion, you can't help yourself if you client want a serif font in caption, just leave him after all he/she is your client.  Their requirement is your action. Ok friends! that was enough on this topic at least I am clear about this serif and sans-serif hope you are too!!

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Logo Ideas for EDPL

Hi! friends I am back again with some more logo design ideas.  This time it was all about Text Twisting.  I made five logos for this organisation Eastern Datatech Private Ltd.  Lot of text twisting but finally the one client likes is a simple text.  I tried to work a lot with the characters D and P, you can see them in those designs below.  Check the ideas I came up with.

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Safety Class!!

Today I attended a safety class in our workshop.  It wasn't that bad. We all know those things but still I thought I should share this with you people.  As per administration's analysis 88% of the accidents in industries are because of improper practice of work, 10%  of the accidents are because of improper conditions and 2% are because of Over confidence, fatigueness, lazziness etc. etc.
      I asked the person who was taking our class,"isn't that 10% factor is responsible for those 88% accidents?" that's it he was like "BOMB", he threw a typical look on me and said 16 out of 19 accidents in workshop this year were because of improper practice of work.  I realised that its just unprofitable to debate here and kept my mouth shut for rest of the class.
   But its true those 10% improper conditions are responsible for 88% of unfair and improper work practice.  The conditions we work in are just out of this world.  But administration will never agree with this, ofcourse the analysis is also made by them, but those analysis are just figures for them and for us as well.  88% is not small figure to ignore.  We are also responsible, aren't we?