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7am · 06-06-2007, 19:26

Hello All,

I was just curious as to which font you would choose if you had to put up a paragraph of text by itself on a page. I know macs and windows machines display fonts differently so which would look best for both platforms.

Thanks!

-Lee

datahound · 06-06-2007, 19:29

Comic Sans justified center.

7am · 06-06-2007, 19:30

Nice!

Yellow and blinking as well?

steveb · 07-06-2007, 01:43

Trebuchet isn't yet overused and it doesn't look bad at most sizes.

Larixk · 07-06-2007, 03:09

Lucida Grande is kind of 'hip' right now. I think it comes with sun java, so it's pretty wide spread.

There is no such thing as te best font, though. It should fit the style of the rest of the page and the message it's delivering.

Snowshiro · 07-06-2007, 04:59

I have a feeling Lucida Grande is the default font in Wordpress which would contribute a lot to its widespread use.

Personally I agree with Comic Sans though, preferably oblique, in marquee tags.

skyrocket · 07-06-2007, 10:33

I've been trialling Segoe UI which you get with Windows Vista. It's a Frutiger look-alike. Worth a go...

emil · 07-06-2007, 11:55

georgia (just to confuse things more)

weldo · 07-06-2007, 12:58

i quite likes tahoma

John Good · 12-06-2007, 16:42

arial
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I'm serious, and I'm not.

lukasarts · 12-06-2007, 16:48

Quote:

i quite likes tahoma

Thought I was the only one.

Limbo · 12-06-2007, 16:53

verdana for para's - works best at small sizes IMO.

Zaoris · 24-06-2007, 20:14

Quote:

Originally Posted by lukasarts

Thought I was the only one.

Me too :x

7am · 16-08-2007, 21:33

Went with verdana... thanks for the input, sorry for the ungratefully slow reply.

neka · 16-08-2007, 23:03

Wingdings

mpdennis · 21-08-2007, 06:28

It all really depends on what message you are trying to convey and to who doesn't it?

steveb · 21-08-2007, 07:45

It was a question of html fonts - precious little choice.

Herr Kurm · 21-08-2007, 08:02

tag makes every font great!

steveb · 21-08-2007, 08:03

O the humanity

oller · 21-08-2007, 09:53

of course the benefit of the css font-family: is that you select a list of fonts in priority order, so you can do your best to ensure at least some of your users can view the site in the font you intended (perhaps a mac font for example) before falling back to the ultra web-safe fonts.

06-06-2007, 19:26	#1 (permalink)
7am Resident Slacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 34	Nicest most accepted web safe font Hello All, I was just curious as to which font you would choose if you had to put up a paragraph of text by itself on a page. I know macs and windows machines display fonts differently so which would look best for both platforms. Thanks! -Lee

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datahound Spare Parts Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Bracknell Forest Posts: 5,133	Comic Sans justified center. __________________ poochmedia \| Computer Spare Parts \| Computer & Telephone Disposals

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 5,475	Trebuchet isn't yet overused and it doesn't look bad at most sizes. __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

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skyrocket SkyRocket Design Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Chichester Posts: 536	I've been trialling Segoe UI which you get with Windows Vista. It's a Frutiger look-alike. Worth a go... __________________ SkyRocket Design :: website design chichester

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emil dt immigrant Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Bucharest - Romania Posts: 7,555	georgia (just to confuse things more) __________________ Q X R L

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7am Resident Slacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 34	Nice! Yellow and blinking as well?

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Larixk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Utrecht, Netherlands Posts: 1,052	Lucida Grande is kind of 'hip' right now. I think it comes with sun java, so it's pretty wide spread. There is no such thing as te best font, though. It should fit the style of the rest of the page and the message it's delivering.

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Snowshiro Will work for Marmite Join Date: May 2007 Location: Sapporo, Japan Posts: 573	I have a feeling Lucida Grande is the default font in Wordpress which would contribute a lot to its widespread use. Personally I agree with Comic Sans though, preferably oblique, in marquee tags.

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weldo now with added beard Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Liverpool Posts: 5,602	i quite likes tahoma __________________ fuck signatures

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John Good + Join Date: May 2005 Location: Tropical Networks Posts: 1,605	arial - I'm serious, and I'm not. __________________ Fonts are like cologne: A bad choice speaks louder than a good one. Justin Feinstein

12-06-2007, 16:53	#12 (permalink)
Limbo Another turn. Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 5,980	verdana for para's - works best at small sizes IMO.

16-08-2007, 21:33	#14 (permalink)
7am Resident Slacker Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 34	Went with verdana... thanks for the input, sorry for the ungratefully slow reply.

16-08-2007, 23:03	#15 (permalink)
neka meow Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: plymouth, uk. Posts: 188	Wingdings

21-08-2007, 06:28	#16 (permalink)
mpdennis Registered User Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: West Midlands, UK Posts: 80	It all really depends on what message you are trying to convey and to who doesn't it?

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steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 5,475	It was a question of html fonts - precious little choice. __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

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Herr Kurm bloody peasant Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Tallinn, Estonia Posts: 2,697	tag makes every font great! __________________ refreshed portfolio

21-08-2007, 08:03	#19 (permalink)
steveb 389 ppm and rising Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Järvenpää, Finland Posts: 5,475	O the humanity __________________ My free fonts www.utfi.net

21-08-2007, 09:53	#20 (permalink)
oller Registered User Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 28	of course the benefit of the css font-family: is that you select a list of fonts in priority order, so you can do your best to ensure at least some of your users can view the site in the font you intended (perhaps a mac font for example) before falling back to the ultra web-safe fonts.

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