On 6/9/10 12:50 PM, David Laakso wrote: > Chris F.A. Johnson wrote: >> On Wed, 9 Jun 2010, Andy B. wrote: >> >>> 3. What is the best font to use for readability? and is there a >>> list of easily readable fonts out there somewhere? >>> >> >> Let the user decide; use the user's preferred font (i.e., don't >> specify a font). >> > > The vast majority of users, and some author's, do not know a font > from a flagpole. Give it your best shot. > > A safe call for serif: font: 100% Georgia, serif; > > A safe call for sans: font: 100% 'Helvetica Neue', Arial, sans-serif; > Mac users get Helvetica Neue. PC users get Arial. >
I heartily agree with this last suggestion. After studying typography and messing with various so-called "font stacks," I found that these "stacks" give great results in the vast majority of cases. About the only thing I might add is a larger line-height than normal. I like something in the range of 1.4 - 1.5, but it depends on the content--the line length in particular. So you might use, say: font: 100%/1.4 Georgia, serif; You won't go far wrong following David L's advice, IMHO. Cordially, David #321 -- ______________________________________________________________________ css-discuss [cs...@lists.css-discuss.org] http://www.css-discuss.org/mailman/listinfo/css-d List wiki/FAQ -- http://css-discuss.incutio.com/ List policies -- http://css-discuss.org/policies.html Supported by evolt.org -- http://www.evolt.org/help_support_evolt/
