What Font Size and Style is recommended for a web site's content? To make it more readable for the readers or visitors.
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100% is the stock answer. But to be more specific, most accessibility guidelines suggest at least 11px. But in and of itself, this question is fairly vague and lacking a whole lot of context. |
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If you're dealing with an older audience and vision issues are a concern, Verdana really makes the most of it's pixels. 11px in Verdana is close to 14 in many others. For the very same reason, many people think Verdana is the ugliest font on the web. As always, be careful how you use your type. Verdana and Georgia were both designed by one of the greatest type designers of the modern era (Matthew Carter) and intended for small, on-screen use. Don't go crazy and use it everywhere ... are you listening Ikea? In terms of style (I assume you mean weight), stick to 'regular' or 400 for the bulk of your text. In many fonts bold is a little too dark / dense for easy reading. Be sure you test your font / size / weight on various browsers and systems. Right now, I would peg IE 7 on Windows XP as the most brutal abuser of type among the major players. I have seen IE 8 surpass it with some web fonts. IE 9 takes a new approach that can thin fonts out but they generally look okay. Most everything looks best in Mac browsers. It all depends on your ever-critical site stats. |
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Not sure what you mean by font "style". But for font size, it will somewhat depend on the font, but 13px is a good starting point for regular text. 14px is often better. Of course, that's if you're using pixels for font-sizing. Matching that with ems or % isn't difficult though. You may also want to consider using CSS/Javascript to change the font size dynamically based on a user clicking on +/- or similar. |
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I would think about modern and sans serif fonts that are easy-to-read, and tend to be on the narrow side. I like Oswald font myself. It's also a Google-based font. Like Angie was saying above, 13 to 14 point would be a good place to stay. |
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