HTML Museum: Font and Page Size
http://www.senseandusability.com/index.php?/Usability/html-museum-exhibit-1.html

Lanier, Clinton R.
sense and usability
2008

Abstract:

I want to spend some time on a series of articles on web design usability practices. I call this series, the HTML Museum. I hope to update it with articles that address past web design practices and why they are no longer in use.The first exhibit deals with font, text and page size.