Web design: fonts: one sans-serif (Verdana), one serif (Georgia)

To help choose fonts for web design, the tutor mentions two appealing ones: Verdana and Georgia.

People tend to prefer sans-serif fonts. Yet, for reading dense, small text, a serif font might be advantageous.

Choosing the font(s) for a web page is often challenging. However, here’s a helpful hint: the Verdana and Georgia fonts were developed by Microsoft specifically for web readability. First, here’s Verdana font:

verdana font sample

Next, a sample of Georgia font:

georgia font sample

Source:

Austin, Brian. Web Page Design in easy steps. Southam: Computer Step, 2003.

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