| Web design should make it clear which fonts are to | | | | pleasant to read. If you want to use different colours |
| be used on the site. It often doesn't occur to | | | | use them for the headings or other parts but make |
| website designers to think about the fonts too much | | | | the main body easy to read. |
| but they matter hugely. The main font used by your | | | | Smart 4 |
| site needs to be a key part of the web design | | | | Don't crush up your text. Make sure when you look |
| process. | | | | at the text that the text is well spaced. There is |
| Smart 1 | | | | nothing worse for a reader than text that is all |
| Use a font that all the browsers support in the same | | | | crushed up together. Don't do it!! If your text is |
| way. It might not be obvious but not all browsers | | | | crushed together get the person responsible for your |
| use fonts in the same way. Once you move away | | | | web design to sort it out with CSS classes. |
| from the mainstream fonts quite quickly things start | | | | Smart 5 |
| to go all over the place! So focus on the mainstream | | | | Use CSS to control your fonts. A core part of web |
| fonts like Verdana, Arial and Helvetica. | | | | design should always be making sure that fonts (and |
| Smart 2 | | | | other page elements) are controlled by CSS classes. |
| Use a decent size. 14 pt font is the size you should | | | | If you don't know what this is then ask your web |
| have as default. It's big and easy to see. This means | | | | designer. This is one of the things that can be really |
| that older people can access the site easily and | | | | hard to sort after the site has been developed so |
| quickly. This is great if you are an ecommerce site | | | | ask at the start of the web design not after it is |
| since this is the group of people that generally have a | | | | completed. |
| good disposable income. | | | | These 5 smart font tips can really aid your web |
| Smart 3 | | | | design. You should discuss them with your web |
| Use black. Don't get tempted by the vast array of | | | | designer to satisfy yourself that they have been |
| colours you can get for fonts. For you main body | | | | accounted for in the web design. |
| text use black text. It's easy on the eyes and so | | | | |