{"id":27,"date":"2008-12-22T12:27:25","date_gmt":"2008-12-22T20:27:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wellgolly.com\/?p=27"},"modified":"2008-12-22T14:56:42","modified_gmt":"2008-12-22T22:56:42","slug":"typefaces","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/?p=27","title":{"rendered":"Typefaces"},"content":{"rendered":"

Typefaces are fascinating but easy to misuse. I like the simplicity of Helvetica and Verdana and have used them almost exclusively in my CD projects. Lately I’ve started using Lucida Grande because it it a bit easier to read on a monitor. For print I use Helvetica in headers, price lists, and order forms. I usually use Adobe Garamond or Times New Roman for block text and captions. <\/p>\n

Most web sites read better with Sans Serif fonts so I usually use these lines in the CSS.<\/p>\n

\nbody {\n  font-family: Tahoma, "Lucida Grande", Helvetica, sans-serif;\n         color: #333;\n        line-height: 1.2em;\n}\n<\/code><\/pre>
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For some sites, I’ll do the headers  in sans and the body text in serifs. I think it works OK on this site.
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\n  font-family: Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", serif; \n<\/code><\/pre>
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Georgia and Tahoma are fonts that are present on most computers, so the text layout will be similar across platforms. I prefer Lucid Grande to Tahoma\u2014it’s a bit thinner\u2014so I usually switch positions after I’m done with the layout. Mac users get a slightly cleaner look.<\/p>\n
If you want to learn more about which fonts designers like, this post<\/a> is a good start. He makes a good point that most free fonts are crap. There are some that are well designed and can add a bit of punch to your work if used well. Vitaly Friedman’s list<\/a> is a good place to start. I’m partial to Delicious and Fontin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Typefaces are fascinating but easy to misuse. I like the simplicity of Helvetica and Verdana and have used them almost exclusively in my CD projects. Lately I’ve started using Lucida Grande because it it a bit easier to read on a monitor. For print I use Helvetica in headers, price lists, and order forms. I … Continue reading Typefaces<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wellgolly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}