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What is your favorite font? Mine is Myriad, its just a shame its not a default font which comes with your PC...
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Picking a "favorite" font is personal, but practical choices for screens come down to readability, context, and delivery. For UI and body copy prioritize legibility (size, line-height, contrast), for code use monospaced faces, and for display/headlines you can be more expressive. s point about wanting a non-default face is common — when a favorite isn't preinstalled, use a hosted or self-hosted webfont and sensible fallbacks.

Quick, actionable checklist

  • Start with the use case: body, UI, code, or display.
  • Aim for an accessible base: 16px body, line-height ~1.4–1.6, and check contrast ratios per accessibility guidance (WCAG 2.1 contrast).
  • If text looks "blurry" (as noted by ), test across OSes and browsers: subpixel rendering, scaling and font hinting differ between platforms.
  • For webfonts: prefer system UI stacks for performance, or load webfonts with font-display: swap to avoid invisible text. See the browser docs on CSS font handling (MDN font-family & @font-face and Google Fonts for license/hosting options).

Example CSS patterns to adapt (generic, avoid heavy font downloads)

html {
  font-family: system-ui, -apple-system, "BlinkMacSystemFont", sans-serif;
  font-size: 16px;
  line-height: 1.5;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
}

/* when self-hosting a webfont */
@font-face {
  font-family: "SiteFont";
  src: url("/fonts/sitefont.woff2") format("woff2");
  font-display: swap;
}

Testing and final notes

  • Test at real device pixel ratios, with browser zoom, and on low-contrast backgrounds.
  • Match type to function: monospaced for code, neutral sans for UI, and sparing decorative faces for headings. This aligns with the practical preferences shared by , , , and while keeping accessibility and cross-platform consistency in mind.

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Member Avatar for jbennet

I hate the vista + office 2007 ones, they look too blurry

ones i like

Arial
Comic Sans MS
Courier New
Georgia
Microsoft Sans Serif
Times New Roman

I like crisp fonts

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Lucida Sans Typewriter

Other favorites:

Arial
Tahoma
Helvetica

Least favorite:

Times New Roman

I can't stand serif fonts. They are extremely hard to read.

I also don't like kerned fonts.

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Calibri

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Trebuchet MS 11px

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and i hate comic sans >|

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