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What Makes a Good Web Font

Posted by CmdrTaco on 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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  1. What Makes a Good Web Font by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Letters, numbers and punctuation.

  2. Re:For electronic print... by intocablesdelivery · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Sans serif...
    http://www.intocablesdelivery.com/

  3. Re:Let the user choose by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    This is where we need a moderation type of "-10: Just plain wrong and ignorant"