Why Arial is Steve Jobs' fault

Having spent the last three months designing the artwork for the new Mudcat CD set This Is Us, I can tell you that even 10-point type is way big - you won't be able to fit much information on a CD booklet page (which is smaller than 5x5").

I had to go down to 7 and 6 points. At that small size, I don't agree that serif fonts are more readable that sans-serif fonts. Particularly with light type on dark backgrounds, the serifs are so small that most printers can't handle them, and they become cut off or obscured.