Typography Fonts

For the information which is displayed about each exhibit we will need to include some text. To make sure it stands out, and is easy to read we need to know which types of fonts, colours and background colours would give the best results.

Typography Fonts

The two main categories of typography are Serif and Sans Serif. When looking at both, it is clearer to read Serifed fonts when in block text, than it is to read Sans Serif. It is also a fact that Serif fonts are much more commonly used in type for newspapers and magazines, where as Sans Serif tends to be used in titles, heading and short pieces of text.

Here is an example of a Sans Serif font:

This is a Sans Serif font which is okay, but when you compare to Serif it isn't as easy to read

Here is an example of a Serif font:

This is a Serif font, which looks slightly softer and easier on your eyes.

For our text, I would recommend using the Serif font for the main bulk of the description of the text, as if there was a long paragraph people would be more inclined to actually stop to read it.

List of Fonts which are Serif:

Arial is in Serif format

Trebuchet is in Serif format

Verdana is in Serif format

These are the only Serif examples available on blogger but all 3 of them are easy to read and easy on the eyes.

List of Fonts which are Sans Serif:

Courier is Sans Serif

Georgia is Sans Serif

Lucida Grande is Sans Serif

Times New Roman is Sans Serif

As you can see these are not as 'soft' as the previous examples and I think out of the 6 examples shown I would choose Verdana as it is the simplest and easiest to read with a good amount of spacing between the letters.