Web FontsBefore the web started, nobody really read on their computer monitors. They usually printed it and read it at their own pleasure. Since then the net has become the largest source of material on anything, anywhere in the world. You can find things from the Anarchist's Cookbook to zoology and then some. So these days people are reading massive amounts on their monitors for research, tests, education and pleasure. Initially fonts were made for print and until now there have been very few fonts to use on web pages. The problem is that you have to use fonts that are common on both platforms or use font substitutes. Recently there has been a release of web specific fonts. These fonts are evenly mono-spaced, look very clean in italics, great in bold and the best in large amount of text, i.e. paragraphs and pages of text. As a web designer you have to take these things into consideration. You have users are out there on PC's, Mac's, Unix, and WebTV! They all look a little different in each format. So this section is intended to help you learn what to use and what not to use when designing web sites. You will also learn about these great new web specific fonts and where to get them. What fonts to use: This table shows common fonts that are a good equivalent for both platforms.
Most of these are fine in any format, except Helvetica. Helvetica looks very bad when bolded and large because it bunches letters together. This makes it very difficult to read or even understand what the word(s) say. New Web Specific Fonts:
All of these can be found and downloaded at: http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack/default.htm and for more general information on Microsoft typography you can go here: http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/
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