Font Suggestions

[akrotiri]

I have a question. What font(s) do most operating systems support? Fonts that are clean and professional looking of course.
I'm trying to figure out what font I should use on my webpage. Thanks.

- Akrotiri

[keith]

for larger text: arial, bold, size 2
for smaller text: verdana, size 1, bold or not [looks good either way]

use those styles on http://www.weezerfans.com/index.shtml ...for an example

[Mandrake]

I use MS Sans Serif, sizes 1 and 2... Seems to be a pretty popular one. Also Arial is pretty standard. The one to avoid is Times New Roman... It's ugly and looks pretty "unprofessional" these days.

[akrotiri]

Yeah. Arial is pretty good looking. But it is ugly when it is grouped together with a lot of text. Verdana is a Windows Font. Times New Roman's size 2 is like Verdana size 1...

- akrotiri

[akrotiri]

Ms Sans Serif is good. Are there any linux fonts close to it?

[Nick]

I always use either


<font face="Verdana, Arial, Tahoma, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"></font>

or


<font face="Tahoma, Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="1"></font>

[Koolguy]

remember <tt></tt> thats the old looking type

[LeX]

Originally posted by akrotiri
I have a question. What font(s) do most operating systems support?
Times New Roman

Originally posted by akrotiri
I'm trying to figure out what font I should use on my webpage.
NOT Times New Roman.

You can use a non-default font, offer a link to the font file from the original site and ask them to download and install the font. Use this code so that people without the font won't see the Times New Roman font on your page:


<FONT face="Name of your Font, MS sans-serif" size="2">


[Edited by LeX on 02-11-2001 at 03:47 AM]

[Victoria7]

A small Arial is standard for a business site now; Times New Roman looks too messy for non-personal sites. However, large and/or bold Arial looks as if the site were thrown together; a title graphic is recommended (but keep the size low, and use the alt tags!).

Victoria7