Presenting with Type - Presentation Zen Design - page 37

This is better. (Images in slides from iStockphoto.com .)
Type is saying things to us all the time. Typefaces express a mood,
an atmosphere. They give words a certain coloring.
— Rick Poynor,
design critic and author
Choosing Your Type
When considering the type to use for presentation visuals onscreen, focus on how
legible the type is when displayed on the screen and how easy it is to read shorter
sections of text. Generally, a sans serif typeface is best for projected slides, but at large
sizes, even a serif typeface such as Garamond is legible. When I worked at Apple, most
sales presentations were formatted with Helvetica and Apple's own version of the
oldstyle typeface Garamond (Apple Garamond).