What Makes a Good Web Font

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday December 14, 2005 @03:00AM from the who-foundery-this-article dept.

SitePoint writes "We've published an article on the way in which fonts are used on the Web. We found that a large "x-height" (the height of a lowercase 'x' in relation to the total height of the font) makes fonts more readable on a computer screen, as does a wide "punch width" (the width of the hole inside letters such as 'o' and 'b'). Helvetica is a good font to use online. The designer's choice of fonts is usually limited by the user's OS, but techniques such as SIFr (example) are allowing Web designers to provide their own fonts."

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Re:Let the user choose by GigsVT · 2005-12-14 03:54 · Score: 0, Flamebait

Users leave javascript and flash on to support pages that idiot web designers like yourself design, not because they want to but because they have to.

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Re:Let the user choose by the+web · 2005-12-14 04:32 · Score: 1, Flamebait

I was hoping you woudn't point that out...

Allright, good game, throw sIFR out, it was fun while it lasted.

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