Font selection

Font selection

Know your web-safe font stacks. These are the most commonly accepted font stacks.

  1. Wide sans serifs: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif

  2. Narrow sans serifs: Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif

  3. Wide serif stack: Georgia,Utopia,Palatino,'Palatino Linotype',serif

  4. Narrow serif stack: 'Times New Roman',Times,serif

  5. Monospace stack: 'Courier New','Courier',monospace

Here's a look at individual fonts that you might specify apart from their font family stacks.

ban comic sans
  1. Arial
  2. Arial Black
  3. Comic Sans MS. (Read this page before using.)
  4. Courier New
  5. Georgia
  6. Impact
  7. Times News Roman
  8. Trebuchet
  9. Verdana

Most importantly, know the web-safe fonts optimized for on-screen reading.

  1. Georgia
  2. Trebuchet
  3. Verdana

Serif fonts become inefficient below 12 pixels [12 pixel Times New Roman]

Sans serif fonts are clearer at 12 pixels and smaller [9 pixel Verdana]