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Thursday, October 27, 2011

Wide-spread web fonts

The following fonts are supported by most browsers on most platforms and can thus be considered "web-safe". In order to give you an idea how the different fonts look like, I've applied them to their corresponding paragraph.

Verdana

Verdana is a sans-serif typeface designed in 1996 for Microsoft Corporation. It was designed to be readable at small sizes on a computer monitor. It is characterized a large x-height, wide proportions and loose letter-spacing.

Georgia

Georgia is a serif typeface designed in 1996 for Microsoft Corporation. It was designed to be readable at small sizes on a computer monitor.It is similar to Times New Roman but larger.

Helvetica

Helvetica is a sans-serif typeface designed in 1957 in Switzerland (thus the name). It was designed as a neutral typeface with great clarity. It is one of the most widely used sans-serif typefaces.

Trebuchet MS

Trebuchet MS is a sans-serif typeface designed in 1996 for Microsoft Corporation. It was designed especially for computer screens and is especially adapted for headlines.

Lucida Sans Unicode / Lucida Grande

Lucida Sans Unicode is a sans-serif typeface which was first shipped with the Microsoft Windows NT 3.1. It is one of the most ideal for upside-down text. Lucida Grande is a nearly identical font available on Mac OS X.

Tahoma

Tahoma is a sans-serif typeface designed in 1994 for Microsoft Corporation. It was designed especially for legibility on the screen. It is similar to Verdana, but has a narrower body, less generous counters and much tighter letter spacing.

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