Re:I speak for people *everywhere* when I say ... (Score 2, Insightful)

Yes, but you can set a website to use Verdana, or Arial on screen - and then set a separate style sheet for print and use a font like Times New Roman, which is awful on screen, but nice on paper. Of course, most websites don't do that yet - but perhaps they'll catch on soon (as well as all browsers supporting the separate style sheets).

While many here at /. have their own customized browser settings, most people out there don't. Besides just looking nicer on screen (which seems to be the popular opinion out there), using a wide font like Verdana also keeps line length at a reasonable length (the standard is pretty low for characters per line when you want "easy reading" for the majority of people out there).