Ask HN: Which fonts do you use on the web for your websites/blogs?

Re:Ask HN: Which fonts do you use on the web for your websit... by whichdan on Monday October 03, 2011 @04:52PM (#3068000)

To start, there are only a few dozen "core web fonts"[1] with which 99% of browsers will have. Then there are a handful of fonts specific to Windows/Mac/Linux, which commonly will be in one but not the other.

For "fancy" fonts, Google Web Fonts[2] is a great resource - you can embed a font into your page, so it isn't dependent upon it already being on the user's system.

There's a lot of reading you can do on typography, but I'd recommend experimenting with different fonts (serif & sans-serif), sizes, letter spacing, line height, and other parameters to get a feel for what makes text readable. Try a few ideas you like, then stand a foot farther from your monitor and see if it still looks good.

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Core_fonts_for_the_Web

[2] http://www.google.com/webfonts

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Re:Ask HN: Which fonts do you use on the web for your websit... by ameen on Monday October 03, 2011 @04:58PM (#3068028)

Thank you. Btw, Do you use font stacks and @fontface kits? Also, what are your favorite fonts?

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Re:Ask HN: Which fonts do you use on the web for your websit... by whichdan on Monday October 03, 2011 @05:47PM (#3068251)

I don't design very often, but I usually stick to one or two fonts for an entire page, so I don't use too many non-standard fonts or font stacks. I've recently grown fond of Georgia, but besides that, I generally stick to Verdana and Trebuchet MS.

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