I have changed the default font of the jQ theme options from “Sans-Serif” (which was mainly Helvetica) to “Serif” (which is Georgia). While I much prefer serif fonts – and especially Georgia – I’ve always had a sans-serif font in the default styles of my themes because I believe that most people rather like fonts such as these. This used to be Verdana and later Helvetica.
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Georgia)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Times)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Bookman)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Helvetica)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Verdana)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Arial)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Monospce)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Comic Sans)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Courier)
What is your opinion on that? And which fonts do you prefer? (Impact)
As you can see, this is not only a question of personal liking but also of technical concern regarding font sizes. And there’s one more thing important to me when styling texts: the line height, adjustable with the CSS property line-height. I usually use a value of 2.0. This is the double default value! I think that makes text much more comfortable to be read. And it also looks better since it gives free space to the appearance of a page.
Dr.A · April 21, 2010 at 22:53
Very nice looking theme.
Do you think it would be possible to organize the template so that the content of the post would appear after the title and not at the end of the html document?
Admin comment by Devolux · April 22, 2010 at 15:24
And what would that be good for?
nh2 · April 12, 2010 at 16:50
I like Linux Libertine for @font-face as it is a beautiful serif font I can read easily.
For the few browsers without font loading capabilities, I think Georgia looks indeed fine.
Admin comment by Devolux · April 13, 2010 at 18:32
Heyho,
I’ll have a look on that, too!
Matt Mower · April 12, 2010 at 02:21
My two cents: Serif fonts were developed for print so that the eyes could easily move across words. Screen reading is very different, especially when considering the wide variance in monitor dot pitches. For this reason, it is advisable to use sans-Serif fonts for web pages. I have a preference for “Trebuchet MS”, as it is available for Windows, Mac, and Linux (so long as the user agrees to a Microsoft user agreement from ~1995). Arial has always appeared ugly to me. Tahoma is nice, but not widely available (and Trebuchet MS is quite close anyhow).
Admin comment by Devolux · April 12, 2010 at 14:59
Thank you for this very nice answer! I’ll have a look on Trebuchet MS…
DP · March 17, 2010 at 23:59
Hi, How do I get the Arial font. I need something simple and want to try a few different ones to see how it looks.
Admin comment by Devolux · March 18, 2010 at 19:06
I daresay that Arial is available on every system. So just use it in your style sheet.
nh2 · April 12, 2010 at 16:54
If you’re on Linux, search for ttf-mscorefonts-installer or msttcorefonts. If you’re on Mac, no idea.