![]() Personally, I love the type on Jeff Atwood's blog Coding Horror. However, I would never use a font so tight and small as this on a personal blog. StackOverflow has great type (IMO) for it's use because it conveys a lot of information in a relatively small space while staying clean. Pulling from a related answer of mine talking about the optimal font size:Īs is the case with most everything in design, how your content is presented should differ based on what you're presenting and who you're presenting it to. ![]() For pages with a lot of information that isn't meant to be read all the way through, it's recommended to go with a slightly smaller font size, somewhere from 12-14px. With that being said, it's alright to vary depending on the context because there are a lot of factors in regards to readability including (the broad topics of) audience, purpose, and other typographic qualities. Each of the links here are good reads on the subject if you want to read more reasoning. 16px corresponds with 12pt font in most books read at the same distance. It is recommended by Typecast, Smashing Magazine (ironically the article now uses ~20px font size for my device), UX.SE, most common browsers, and many other sources. It all depends on your ever-critical site stats. Most everything looks best in Mac browsers. IE 9 takes a new approach that can thin fonts out but they generally look okay. I have seen IE 8 surpass it with some web fonts. Right now, I would peg IE 7 on Windows XP as the most brutal abuser of type among the major players. In many fonts bold is a little too dark / dense for easy reading.īe sure you test your font / size / weight on various browsers and systems. In terms of style (I assume you mean weight), stick to 'regular' or 400 for the bulk of your text. ![]() Verdana and Georgia were both designed by one of the greatest type designers of the modern era (Matthew Carter) and intended for small, on-screen use. As always, be careful how you use your type. 11px in Verdana is close to 14 in many others.įor the very same reason, many people think Verdana is the ugliest font on the web. If you're dealing with an older audience and vision issues are a concern, Verdana really makes the most of it's pixels.
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