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Thread ID: 93987 2008-10-09 07:40:00 What fonts to use on Website John W (523) Press F1
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711026 2008-10-09 07:40:00 Ive been using Verdana and MS serif, now Arial in frustration trying to get a universal Arial type font face on a website. Inevatably they come out looking like Times Roman, which in 9 point type is pretty condensed.

How do I get fonts to display like those in Stuff.co.nz, which is the ideal in my view, so to speak.

Thanks

John in Mosgiel. 		John W (523)
711027 2008-10-09 07:58:00 Are you using CSS to control fonts? A good basic place to start is -


<style>
body {
font: 10pt/1.4 verdana, tahoma, sans-serif;
}
h1, h2, h3, h4, h5 {
font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;
}
</style>
IMO, Verdana's a nicer body text to read vs Arial, but Helvetica/Arial makes a nicer sans-serif heading type. 		sal (67)
711028 2008-10-09 20:12:00 I do web sites all the time. Times Roman is the standard browser font, but I find that it gets untidy and boring. I use Arial 10(2) & 12(3) for most of my Text. Font size 14(4) is bold and is useful for paragraph headings.
Avoid specialist fonts which your viewers may not have, also they will not display in Linux. Stick to one font, looks very messy with a didderent font on each page. 		mzee (3324)
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