Fonts

Fonts on a web page are a key element to its success. There are 3 very important rules to follow when choosing a font
1. Easy to read on screen.
2. Your users accessibility to that font.
3. Also for it to fit the design of your site.

The difference in a fonts readability lies in the serif. For print people use Serif fonts and for example the most common being Times New Roman. For web we use Sans Serif Fonts, example of those which are the most widely used are Ariel, Verdana or Helvetica.

What you also have to consider is the accessibility to your user of the font you decide on. If you design your site with a specific font and its not of generic availability to a windows or mac user, it will get replaced by a standard font and you will lose the edge you had from your unique font in your design. The option is to place your text as a graphic but then you run risks of it not being editable and having to keep replacing your graphic.

When sourcing a font to fit your design, as mentioned above, the thing to consider is how to output it if its not the common ones. Input as a graphic is an option, but be aware that file size increases and harder to make your changes.

this is an example of printed page
http://www.geocities.com/ravensteadhousehold/housetentext.jpg

this is an example of web text
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isaac_Leffler