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When designing a website you
can specify any font installed on your computer. However, but if you use
non-standard fonts that aren't installed on everyone's computers, the
viewer won't see your fonts as you intended them to look. If a viewer's
computer doesn't have your selected font installed on their PC, it will
simply select one of the fonts it does have installed, so your website
will look very different.
Basic "safe" Web fonts include:
- Times New Roman:
a Windows serif type that looks like something you'd see in
a newspaper or magazine. It´s specially hinted so it´s easier
to read on-screen.
- Times:
is a Mac serif font. It's similar to Times New Roman, but it isn't as
carefully designed for on-screen viewing.
- Georgia:
is a Microsoft's serif face. It's much easier to read on screen than
other serif Web fonts because it was designed for the screen. Georgia
has excellent italics that are easy to read and attractive.
- Arial:
is a Windows sans serif font that has a streamlined, more modern look,
but isn't easy to read on screen because it's narrow and can look very
light in smaller sizes.
- Helvetica: is
a Mac sans serif font similar to Arial.
- Verdana:
an extremely easy-to-read sans serif face.
- Tahoma:
is almost identical to Verdana.
- Comic Sans MS: is a sans
serif font that's included with the Internet Explorer. It's informal
and friendly, which is great for some Web sites, but not professional
enough for others.
Generally speaking, it's best to stick to the standard fonts when designing
website, other fonts should be used in images etc, but not as the standard
text of the website. |
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