mjr
ADD -- blessing and curse
Verdana, the font that the posts on this site are made with, is a very clean, very readable font.
I usually suggest that people use Verdana for it's obvious readability. It will be reflected in your website. Especially if you consider other fonts.
Consider the following sentences:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The first one is Verdana.
The second is Arial.
The third is Garamond.
The fourth is Times New Roman.
Do you see the difference? Although the Verdana and the Arial are both easy to read, Verdana is, by far, the easiest of the group to read. It's wider. They're all the same (default) font size.
Moreover, Verdana was specifically designed to be read on a computer screen. Based on this, Verdana is a much cleaner font for the web. Especially if you keep the font to around ten points. This is roughly 13 pixels. I tend to use pixel sizes, as they seem to be more consistent (this can easily be done through CSS).
Consider this, too. The capital letter I. In Verdana, it's pretty straightforward and looks like this: I.
In Arial, however, it looks like this: I
Is that an I, or a lower case L? You get the idea.
More reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana
Just something to think about and consider when you're designing your website.
I usually suggest that people use Verdana for it's obvious readability. It will be reflected in your website. Especially if you consider other fonts.
Consider the following sentences:
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The quick brown fox jumped over the lazy dog.
The first one is Verdana.
The second is Arial.
The third is Garamond.
The fourth is Times New Roman.
Do you see the difference? Although the Verdana and the Arial are both easy to read, Verdana is, by far, the easiest of the group to read. It's wider. They're all the same (default) font size.
Moreover, Verdana was specifically designed to be read on a computer screen. Based on this, Verdana is a much cleaner font for the web. Especially if you keep the font to around ten points. This is roughly 13 pixels. I tend to use pixel sizes, as they seem to be more consistent (this can easily be done through CSS).
Consider this, too. The capital letter I. In Verdana, it's pretty straightforward and looks like this: I.
In Arial, however, it looks like this: I
Is that an I, or a lower case L? You get the idea.
More reading: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Verdana
Just something to think about and consider when you're designing your website.
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