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Best Fonts for Linux Browsers?

Posted by Cliff on from the what's-easier-on-your-eyes dept.

BladeMelbourne asks: "As a web developer with a healthy love of Linux, I was wondering which fonts look great in Linux web browsers (particularly Mozilla/Netscape). Using 'Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif' just doesn't look nice. Do different distro's have different fonts? Which fonts resemble Arial/Helvetica? Which fonts are anti-aliased? Speaking of anti-aliased, does anyone know concisely how to get AA fonts with Mozilla on RedHat 8.0? I have my TTFs working, but don't seem to display correcly and look rather ugly on my display."

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  1. Please do just one thing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    You say you are a web developer, so please pick those fonts out for yourself and just for yourself. Don't pick fonts for me, I like the ones I already have thanks.

  2. Verdana by blwrd · · Score: 2, Insightful
    Both Verdana and Tahoma are great fonts. Personally I prefer Verdana a bit more as for me it seems to be more readable in small size.
    But then again, when you do your website, it is usually enough to define the font family that you want to be used, rather than the exact font.
    Althought my magick line in css is usually
    font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;
    .. to prefer that verdana bit more over other sans-serif fonts. :)