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  • Verdana vs. Arial - Let's get ready to rumble!

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    When designing for usability and good design on WEBSITES, which font do you all agree is better at 14px? (And only 14px, whether you feel it should be bigger/smaller or not.) Kind of a big debate going on with design standards over here and want to get the bigger opinion.

    Personally, I like 15px Arial over 14px Verdana (the extra pixel on Arial to closer match Verdana's hunking size)....I just think Verdana looks like ass and harder to read at larger sizes.

    But am I wrong?
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  • #2
    I'd go for Verdana, but that's mostly because I really hate Arial.

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    • #3
      Likewise.

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      • #4
        Here is just a sample of some text in Arial at size 2.

        Here is just a sample of some text in Verdana at size 2.

        Here is just a sample of some text in Arial at size 3.

        Here is just a sample of some text in Verdana at size 3.

        Here is just a sample of some text in Arial at size 4.

        Here is just a sample of some text in Verdana at size 4.

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        • #5
          It seems that Verdana has more kerning. I think this makes it easier to read at smaller sizes. 1 more vote Verdana.

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          • #6
            Why does Arial go bold at size 4?

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            • #7
              Verdana was specifically designed for on-screen reading.

              Arial was designed to avoid paying license fees on Helvetica.

              I'm sure there is a time and a place for Arial, but most days I'm hard-pressed to see what it is
              Last edited by hewligan; 03-15-2007, 09:01 PM.

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              • #8
                Arial bad!
                T-shirt good!

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                • #9
                  I vote for Verdana as well.

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                  • #10
                    Hmm...interesting. I totally cannot see it, Verdana just has a ugly, blocky look to the font (although I guess everyone is using font smoothing so that's moot). I love Verdana at smaller sizes around 8-10 (Arial sucks at that), however.

                    Although frankly, if I had my choice, I'd use neither font

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by mac.FINN
                      Arial bad!
                      T-shirt good!
                      T-shirt good? That was random!!

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                      • #12
                        And what about if the T-shirt had writing on it that was in Arial? What then?

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                        • #13
                          Ooooh... perplexing...

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                          • #14
                            O RLY? What if that T-shirt had a logo of a T-shirt with Arial on it?

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by Patrick Shannon
                              Hmm...interesting. I totally cannot see it, Verdana just has a ugly, blocky look to the font (although I guess everyone is using font smoothing so that's moot). I love Verdana at smaller sizes around 8-10 (Arial sucks at that), however.

                              Although frankly, if I had my choice, I'd use neither font
                              I am with you. I hate verdana at big sizes, hate. At 11px it's perfect and I use it 99% of the time for body copy. For display I will choose something else. Arial is not my favorite, though.

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