Good Fonts
There are plenty of fish out in the sea.
Don't be impressed by Web sites offering you hundreds or thousands of fonts to choose from.
Good typefaces are hard to come by.
In fact, most quality typefaces cost money.
Many wannabe designers are astonished by the idea of having to pay for fonts.
Serious webmasters will surely acknowledge the importance of having an arsenal of quality fonts to choose from.
How can I apply these fonts on my Web site?
- Because of obvious compatibility issues, you would generally not be able to apply specific fonts in the body text of your Web site.
You can, however employ such fonts in headlines, logos or menus as long as they are saved in image (raster) format.
By pre-rendering text, your will also be able to apply filters and graphic effects over it.
Just make sure that you images do not exceed bandwidth standards.
Why are these fonts considered good?
- It takes a lot of work to make a typeface's characters look consistent individually as well as in relation to each other. The fonts listed below have been designed very carefully. Most of them are well respected and have spawned derivative versions.
Good Serif Fonts
Good Sans Serif Fonts
Good Display Fonts
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