Helvetica or Arial for web copy
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- utopian0
ONE WORD!
- OSFA0
We once did a site using helvetica and when we presented it to the client on their pc, it looked crappy. Maybe try it and test it.... but what the fuck does the client know about fonts???
Whenever they make a 'smart comment' like that, I respond with so many technical terms, crap and even made-up words that I confuse them and they end up saying.. ' well, you're the one that knows...'
- mg330
Can I express my amazement that the very first response wasn't simply "Helvetica isn't a system font / not everyone will have it?"
As you were.
- ********0
Lets do it
- quack0
arial
- ribit0
Isn't this the most widely used solution if you'd like Helvetica but don't want to screw things up?...
font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Verdana, sans-serif
- scarabin0
um... isn't arial just helvetica tweaked for the screen?
i say get over the imaginary helvetica hipness and use what looks good on-screen
the fonts aren't really that different
- no, not really. Arial was redesigned based on fonts like Helvetica, but it's differentmonospaced
- dbloc0
Arial is just a knockoff of helvetica
- 5timuli0
I've been sticking with these recently:
http://www.awayback.com/revised-…
- 5timuli0
I'm about to start setting all web copy in 8pt with this:
- 5timuli0
- see, arial. it was designed for screen. helvetica was not.scarabin
- That's not a Helvetica issue, that's a PC vs Mac issue when it comes to rendering type in browsersmonospaced