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about it: Simpler fonts make simpler tasks  November 2, 2008 | 
6:00 am  The harder something is, the less we want to do it.
That goes for most of us, anyway, not those super gung-ho types.
SushiBut the perception of how difficult a task is could be
influenced by a number of things. Researchers found that the
more difficult instructions are to read, the more that task is
perceived as challenging.  Researchers at the University of
Michigan worked with 20 students who were given the same
instructions for an exercise routine printed in two different
fonts. One was in Arial, an easy to read sans-serif font, and
the other in Brush, a script font. They were asked to guess how
long the routine would take, and were given a seven-point scale
to rate the following: how quick it would feel, if it would flow
naturally, drag on and feel boring, and how likely they were to
incorporate it into their