for narrative storytelling, marketing headlines, or any text longer than a single sentence. The moment you use it for a paragraph, the reader will feel a subtle, mechanical fatigue.
On high-res paper (1200+ DPI), the hinting (instructions for pixels) becomes visible as jagged edges. The rounded terminals look rough in ink. Never use Tahoma Bold Italic for a wedding invitation or a magazine pull-quote. tahoma bold italic
If you must use it for web, pair it with font-smoothing: antialiased; in CSS. Never use subpixel-rendering (grayscale only). for narrative storytelling, marketing headlines, or any text