Hi all,<br />
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This is a really dumb question, but can somebody tell me what font they use at most websites...<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com">http://www.cnn.com</a><!-- m --> ?<br />
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thanks<br />
mike<!--content-->verdana is THE webfont, but cnn.com uses even more fonts like verdana, arial, helvetica and georgia<!--content-->As a guess, Arial or Georgia or sans-serif (not sure about the last one)<!--content-->their external css page shows...<br />
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;<br />
font-size: 12px;<!--content-->the style declaration I saw said Georgia.<br />
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I prefer either Arial or Times.<br />
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But, so long as the words are clearly discernible, I don't think it really matters all that much.<!--content-->Persay, "serif" fonts have a little tick on the ends of the letters. Like the font you see in a book or in the newspaper. "Sans-serif" fonts don't have that tick. I think the most common web-font is "Arial", but PC users seem to be leaning more towards "Verdana" these days. <br />
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Horus, I'm not sure I like a serif font like "Times" for anything on the computer. It can be tricky to use. If you have a dark background, you have to make the font a bit larger than normal to compensate for 'colour bleed' and it can be hard to read even on a white background, if it's set to a PC-small size. My Mac sees it as 'size-miniature' and it's almost impossible to read. It's, I think, the equivalent of an 8pt font which is hard to read when it's printed out, never mind on the screen.<br />
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As you say, so long as it's easily read, and doesn't mess up the page too badly, it doesn't really matter what font is used. <br />
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Peg<!--content-->
<br />
This is a really dumb question, but can somebody tell me what font they use at most websites...<!-- m --><a class="postlink" href="http://www.cnn.com">http://www.cnn.com</a><!-- m --> ?<br />
<br />
thanks<br />
mike<!--content-->verdana is THE webfont, but cnn.com uses even more fonts like verdana, arial, helvetica and georgia<!--content-->As a guess, Arial or Georgia or sans-serif (not sure about the last one)<!--content-->their external css page shows...<br />
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;<br />
font-size: 12px;<!--content-->the style declaration I saw said Georgia.<br />
<br />
I prefer either Arial or Times.<br />
<br />
But, so long as the words are clearly discernible, I don't think it really matters all that much.<!--content-->Persay, "serif" fonts have a little tick on the ends of the letters. Like the font you see in a book or in the newspaper. "Sans-serif" fonts don't have that tick. I think the most common web-font is "Arial", but PC users seem to be leaning more towards "Verdana" these days. <br />
<br />
Horus, I'm not sure I like a serif font like "Times" for anything on the computer. It can be tricky to use. If you have a dark background, you have to make the font a bit larger than normal to compensate for 'colour bleed' and it can be hard to read even on a white background, if it's set to a PC-small size. My Mac sees it as 'size-miniature' and it's almost impossible to read. It's, I think, the equivalent of an 8pt font which is hard to read when it's printed out, never mind on the screen.<br />
<br />
As you say, so long as it's easily read, and doesn't mess up the page too badly, it doesn't really matter what font is used. <br />
<br />
Peg<!--content-->