Font
How to choose the right font.
Serif vs. Sans-Serifâ
Source: Difference Between Serif & Sans-Serif | Clockwork Design Group Inc.
Web Safe Fontsâ
Fonts that are pre-installed by many operating systems.
sans-serif- Arial
- Verdana
- Tahoma
- Trebuchet MS
serif- Times New Roman
- Georgia
- Garamond
monospace- Courier New
cursive- Brush Script MT
tip
- CSS Font Stack shows all web safe fonts in one page.
- Modern Font Stacks provides a list of great font pairings that are beautiful, yet widely supported.
Noto Fontsâ
Noto is an open source font family created by Google aims to support all languages with a harmonious look and feel.
Sourceâ
Source is a series of open source fonts created by Adobe.
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Google and Adobe collaborated to create the Noto CJK and Source Han fonts.
- Source Han Sans == Noto Sans CJK
- Source Han Serif == Noto Serif CJK
RFNâ
Some font used reserved font name to:
- Avoid collisions
- Protect authors
- Minimize support
- Encourage derivatives
Hence there could be similar derivative fonts with slightly different names.
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You can search for font name on fontdata to check if the name is in used.
Pairingâ
Pairing fonts is an art, just like pairing wine and cheese. Here are some useful resources: