Web vs Paper Writing

I don't think that there are that many differences between writing on paper and writing on the web.

Writing on paper is obviously more traditional than writing on the web. Writing on paper is also much more personal and time consuming than web writing. More time is spent perfecting format and grammar. When writing a paper memo, the formatting of the header, salutation, closing, etc. need to be correct. When writing an email memo, very little time is spent on a header and salutation. Much more effort is spent making the message concise and direct when writing over the internet.

When transferring a paper document to the web you need to make sure that the font has not changed. Some fonts look good on paper but may not transfer to the web. When writing our proposal for class I signed the cover letter using one of the script fonts. When I sent it through an email to one of my group members the scripted font would not show up on their computer. This could have been because they were using a Mac rather than a Dell. To be sure, I think that you should always use a standard font such as arial, times new roman, or courier new when writing on the web or sending documents over the web.