Web design fonts
Web design consists of good content, flashy animated pictures and other factors needed to attract attention. One essential element is often taken for granted. This element is the design font. Choosing the right font for your website can have a great impact on the success of your website. You should therefore choose a clear, friendly and easy to read font that enhances the look of your web site and attracts customers.
Choosing the right font for your web site copy will affect the way visitors will identify with the page, including the appearance, professionalism of the site, and its credibility.
Basis for choosing a font – It is should be easy to read, should fit well with the character of the website and should be easily accessible on every web browsers and computer operating systems.
The most popular and web friendly fonts -
- Times New Roman – Times New Roman is widely available and is the most common of all the serif fonts. It is the default font for many web browsers, and it is very clear at sizes of 12 pt and higher.
- Arial – The Arial font is also very popular, and is considered the most common of all the san serif fonts. Arial is the default font used by the Windows operating system, and has been there since Windows 3.1. Arial becomes a little unclear when in small size as it becomes too narrow.
- Georgia – The Georgia font is an easy to read serif font.
- Verdana – Verdana is another widely available sans serif font, and is one of the easiest of fonts to read on the computer. It is very popular since it is very clear even in small fonts.