fonts

[mar1300]

When it comes to legibility what kind of fonts do you prefer to see or use on web pages?

I tend to use Arial and Verdana a lot, any suggestions on good web fonts I can try out?



Thanks

[JPnyc]

Tahoma is another web standard. Avoid serif fonts like the plague.

[EC]

I use georgia every once in awhile, it's the one serif I don't mind. But mostly I use verdana and trebuchet.

[mar1300]

thanks I'll give those a try......

what about "Arial" would you consider that a web font?

[JPnyc]

Yeah I would say it is. Verdana is the single most used though.

[orkaknos12]

Lucida Grande is a neat one for the bag of tricks, too.

-Jon

[mac.FINN]

Arial makes me sick.

[flutterby nut]

i like to use georgia for things like headings/sub-headings and verdana for body copy...

[reuber1]

I think most computers allow c o m i c s a n s.

[Jeizzavelle]

Do I dare ask. What is wrong with comic...... When used in the right context (children's entertainment or something) I think it's ok.....maybe....I think.

[morea]

in the proper context, it's fine. It's just that everybody in the world thinks that they have to use it for every occasion. It is so misused that it makes a lot of people cringe when they see it.

[reuber1]

I can't think of any children's website that TFTSNBN would even look good on. It just looks bad. In print, there are SOME uses for it, but for web...BLAH.

I think the forum should automatically sub in word for that font, like when you used to say **** and it would put in pancake.

[Jeizzavelle]

in the proper context, it's fine. It's just that everybody in the world thinks that they have to use it for every occasion. It is so misused that it makes a lot of people cringe when they see it.
I thought that might be the case. I get people in here that want to use it.. For stuff like real estate signs and stuff. Cause it's cute. I just wondered. Thanks.

[morea]

like this, Jeizzavelle:
http://www.beadesigngroup.com/blog/archives/2006/03/the_comic_sans_candidate.html


here's an article by the guy who designed the font:
http://www.connare.com/comic.htm

[reuber1]

That first blog was hilarious.

[Jeizzavelle]

What was he thinking? I see the problem. I wondered about that but was afraid to ask. Thanks.

[reuber1]

I know several people in college who typed entire papers using that font. One of them left theirs single spaced in word.

[morea]

lol.

[Jeizzavelle]

I once had a teacher yell at me for double spacing. Said it made my paper too long. (too many pages) so I "re-typed" it (I was forced) in single space, some mashed lookin font and set the type at like 1 in Word. It went from about 15 pages to 2. She hated me. Wonder why.

[reuber1]

She made you re-type it? As opposed to highlighting it all and making a minor menu change? Did she have a point, because if not, I would have done exactly what you did. At size 1, I would have used Arial Narrow.

[Jeizzavelle]

She made you re-type it? As opposed to highlighting it all and making a minor menu change? Did she have a point, because if not, I would have done exactly what you did. At size 1, I would have used Arial Narrow.
It was a high school paper. I had to print it out and turn it in. So she said retype, I adjusted the spacing and the font. I worked my ass off on that thing and she got all cranky. I can't remember the font but basically used the smallest one I could find. She actually expected me to have to stay up all night re-typing. I hated her back. But I passed her class. Most of the assignents were voted on to grade so she HAD to pass me! :D Hag.