Ask HN: Best Fonts to Use on Websites?

Re:Ask HN: Best Fonts to Use on Websites? by DamonHD on Saturday September 16, 2023 @01:09PM (#37536589)

I don't know whether you are claiming that Helvetica is beautiful or not!

In any case I think that it is available in most browsers locally, with a fall back to sans-serif easy if not? I haven't looked lately. I value locality and speed with a font that has been picked to work nicely for the browser without trying to wrestle every pixel.

(Yes, I have been an editor, but I try to pick the readability battle first.)

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Re:Ask HN: Best Fonts to Use on Websites? by LPavearoadi on Saturday September 16, 2023 @02:21PM (#37537230)

I was, yes. I think it's one of the most beautiful ever. It's so readable, both in print and digitally.

https://www.fonts.com/font/linotype/helvetica

It was once widely available on OS/browser, but is increasingly not. It's not on Win 11 or the latest Chrome, for example.

I glossed over your performance criteria, however; shame on me.

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