What Fonts Look Best on Websites

If you are building a website do you often ask yourself ‘what fonts look best on websites?

When designing a website, there’s a lot to think about in terms of how you are going to design your new home base on the internet. One of those things is what font you are going to use. It may sound like a silly part of building a website, but it’s actually one of the most important. Think about it, everything that your customers and potential customers read will be in this font! It’s a big decision.

Classic fonts vs. non-traditional fonts

Classic fonts look the most professional for a website. But, professional may not be the look you are going for if you are a clown business or a pet groomer, for example, you might want a font that’s a little more fun. But, if you are a lawyer writing a blog as a resource for clients, you are definitely going to want to stick to a classic font that is sleek, clean and professional.

One important factor to remember is that if you choose a font that is too crazy, a lot of visitors to your website may not be able to read it correctly. Not every computer has every font installed. People not being able to read your website is one surefire way to get them to leave your website faster than you can say Times New Roman.

What are the classic fonts?

The fonts that most computer users have are:

• Lucinda Sans
• Tahoma
• Arial
• Verdana
• Courier New
• Times New Roman
• Microsoft Sans Serif
• Trebuchet MS
• Comic Sans MS
• Georgia

Easy-to-read fonts

Another factor to consider when choosing a website font is ‘is this easy to read?’ There’s nothing wrong with going a little more creative for your font choice, but it is necessary that visitors to your website can read what you have put out there.

Fancy or cursive fonts

Speaking of the readability of fonts that you choose for your website, fonts that are cursive or fancy are extremely hard to read. They aren’t impossible to read but they do take a little bit of extra work. Which is why we recommend just sprinkling fancy or cursive fonts throughout your website, if you want, and stick to the basics for a large chunk of the website. Some ideas where you can add fancy or cursive fonts could be on a signature, or at the top of the pace, for headings and for images.

The font’s size

When deciding what font to choose for your website, you also need to choose the size. The sweet spot for font size is between 14 and 16, so stick in that range. Of course for headers, titles, subheadings and other special circumstances, you won’t want to stick to 14 or 16. It’s perfectly fine to switch up the fonts on your website, just do so where it makes sense. And remember, people are viewing websites on their phones more than their computers these days, so your fonts need to make sense when viewed on smaller, mobile devices as well.

Now we have explored this design question, hopefully, we have given you insight and helped you make some decisions.