Fonts to Use & Not Use

[Katrina]

What are some fonts that are best for websites and design? Which ones should really be avoided?

 

[Deleted member 7467]

Wingdings are the only font I recommend to any budding webmaster.

On a real note, I love Myriad Pro. My real life resume is in Myriad Pro.

 

[Gio]

The old FP logo used Pacifico which was nice.

 

[Deleted member 4320]

Any Google Font is nice.

My favourites right now are Hind and Nunito.

 

[D]

Atm I really like proxima nova soft for headings and lato for regular text

 

[Nous]

My basic rule of thumb is for website content (i.e: body text) fonts always stick with a Sans-serif font as they are the easiest to read on any screen. There are some pretty good free Sans-serif fonts out there. For headings and others you can get creative with Display or Serif fonts.

 

[blackrose]

I tend to use georgia and lemon but I don't have a specific favorite. Depending on what I am doing I tend to use a font which I feel might fit best

 

[danyo]

In my opinion, Open Sans and Montserrat are the best Google fonts

 

[Cam]

Seems like the rule of thumb in school was to never use Comic Sans MS. 😛

 

[Katrina]

Seems like the rule of thumb in school was to never use Comic Sans MS. 😛

That's because it got overused and was used in instances that it didn't fit the purpose of the graphic or the company.

 

[Deleted member 17779]

I typically go for fonts that are easily readable. They have to have a really neat and clean appearance. If they aren't then I won't bother using them.

 

[Ravenfreak]

Seems like the rule of thumb in school was to never use Comic Sans MS. 😛

Never! Comic Sans is the best font and I will continue to defend it! As for a font I don't like being used, Times New Roman. It's too old looking imo. I don't think I've seen a site use it in a while, but I don't recommend using it.

 

[tahssa]

I like the ariel or verdant

 

[Eclipse]

I do like Oswald or something basic like Arial, never Comic Sans MS though, I don't think I've ever seen a use for it where it actually looks good

 

[Deleted member 49125]

I like Trebuchet MS. I tend to use it the most. A font has to be easy to read. I don't care for those that mimic calligraphy. When it's a line, that's okay but not trying to read an entire paragraph with it being used.

 

[leangreen76]

Given that I use Photoshop quite a lot for various things connected to my message boards, I've become a bit of a font freak over the last few years. IN fact I've just upgraded my PC tower last week so I've had tore-install them all!

Some picks are:

Modern - Tommy Hillfiger, Dolce Vita

Sci-Fi - good old classics like Neuropol and Nasalization

90's gaming - neon overdrive and Night Machine

 

[Linzii]

When in doubt, always use Comic Sans.

I think the font that one should use heavily depends on the topic and scope of the site. Generally, I think sans serif fonts look nicer than serif fonts for web design.