WHAT ARE THE BEST FONTS TO USE FOR A WEBSITE?

When it comes to fonts, there are almost too many style options available. Over 600,000, in fact.

There’s interesting psychology at work behind choosing the right font. Fonts can elicit an emotional response from customers or individuals looking at your website, and a readable font provides clear information about your services.

The right font can make or break your website, but with so many options on the best fonts to use for websites, how do you narrow your selection down?

Let’s review a few tips and tricks to help you choose web design fonts so that your website and business can successfully thrive.

The History of Web Fonts

Back in the 80s, Steve Jobs presented the world with the first-ever Mac computer.

The Macintosh was the first commercially successful home computer that utilized what’s now a necessity in the world of computers – the mouse, and the keyboard. Up until that point, computers featured a command-line interface, demanding that users type their requests into their computer to launch different programs.

Steve Jobs didn’t just implement the mouse and keyboard, however; he was also responsible for introducing the world to ten different fonts that a user could select.

It may not seem like much, but the introduction was revolutionary at the time.

And now, individuals are designing and creating fonts of their own. The best font manager for Mac is even a helpful tool in keeping all your downloaded and designed fonts organized and accessible.

Fonts have now become so commonplace that choosing the right font for academic papers, letters, businesses, and websites is a critical choice.

The Best Fonts to Use for Websites

Nowadays, you can’t just pick any font and slap it on your website.

You need to carefully consider the font style that best represents you, your brand, and your company’s voice. But how do you do that?

Stick to Your Brand

A casual eatery will have a much different voice than a fine dining establishment.

The way that voice is portrayed depends on the type of font you’re using.

A fun, looping text isn’t going to represent a Michelin-star restaurant very well, but it may demonstrate the fun-loving nature of a casual dining establishment.

So analyze what you want your brand to say, and how you want to say it. You’ll be able to identify a font that coincides with your brand identity and be able to represent your company through words as well as visually.

Deliver Consistency

A good rule of thumb is to limit your font selection to three different types:

One font style for titles and the main part of your website.

One font style for subtitles and subheadings.

And one font style for the body of your website.

You can play with web design using different fonts, but you don’t want to have too many drastically differing fonts on your website (unless you specialize in fonts.)

Having too much variety among your fonts will make your website look cluttered and it may be hard to read or navigate. Consistency among your fonts, even if they vary a little bit, will help to further the cohesion of your website and the voice you want your brand to represent.

Think About Emotion

Just as you want to recognize your brand voice and represent your company’s mission, the emotion you want to represent will affect the font type you should be picking.

A serious medical website that imparts the latest news to internet users represents a different emotion than a storytelling food blog. The differences between these two types of websites mean that they’re going to use strikingly different font types.

Think of the same scenario for your own business. Reading serious news in a fun font like Papyrus is not going to get your message across as effectively as a modern, easy-to-read font like Georgia.

So take the time to consider the emotion you’re representing. There are plenty of fonts that fall into the middle ground between serious and fun without sacrificing on readability or visual design.

Do Your Research

The best way to see a font at work is to research.

Spend time examining other websites and see what kinds of fonts they’re using. Try to find sites that don’t use an effective font. Find sites that utilize fonts and variety in a way that sells their brand.

Having a visual idea of how a font can work for and against you on your website will give you a great foundation to build upon, and give you a strong idea of what to do and what not to do.

Even opening a word processing application and viewing example fonts can give you a strong sense of what looks good and what does not look good.

Stick to One Family

Fonts typically fall into three different categories: serif, sans serif, and script. These three categories encompass most of the internet’s fonts, with a few exceptions.

Serif

Serif fonts have a ‘serif’ at the end of a stroke. A serif is a small, decorative line that finishes the stroke of the letter with a flourish. Popular serif fonts include Times New Roman and Georgia.

Sans Serif

A sans serif font has its style cleverly hidden within its name: sans serif fonts are fonts without (sans) a serif.

These modern fonts are seen all over websites, and their sharp, clean lines are best suited to computer and mobile screens. Examples include Helvetica and Arial.

Script

Script fonts resemble natural handwriting. The letters in a script font tend to connect, like cursive handwriting.

Script examples are Freestyle or French script fonts.

Choosing a Font Is Up to You

You’re the only person that can decide what font to use, but the good news is the best fonts to use for websites can be easily changed.

A font is not a permanent feature of your website, so if you hate what you choose, it’s easy to change it.

Keep these points in mind, however, and you’ll choose the right font the first time around.

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