MH1 Web Design Blog

by Mike Hallaron, MH1 Web Design

Core fonts for the Web

Typography, or the use of font style and lettering, is one of the most overlooked aspects of Web design. But readability and comprehension are essential when creating your business Web site. When deciding which font will be used on the pages of your company Web site, try to select one of these common fonts that are preloaded with all versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer. These are commonly referred to as “browser safe fonts”. Otherwise, your site visitors browser will default to a font their computer software possesses. That can drastically alter the look and layout of your Web site.

This font set below is installed along with Internet Explorer. It differs very slightly depending on the platform – Mac or Windows – but you can count on the following fonts being present on well over 95% of all computers connected to the Web.

Select one these standard fonts for your readable text and headlines on the pages of your Web site. Text used within graphic images and images may use any font, but remember that such text is unreadable by search engines indexing your pages to determine your site relevance and page ranking.

Microsoft’s core fonts for the Web

Andale Mono (formerly Monotype.com)
Arial
Arial Black
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
Georgia
Impact
Times New Roman
Trebuchet MS
Verdana

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