often used as a synonym for typeface which is a set of one or more fonts, in one or more sizes, designed with stylistic unity, each comprising a coordinated set of glyphs
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Font in WU logo [closed]
This is more of a UI question than a UX one.
What is the font in Western Union logo.
http://www.westernunion.com/Home
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Name for Monospace vs Proportional fonts?
If one wants to classify all fonts as either monospace (fixed-width) or proportional (variable-width), then how should this property of a font be called?
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How annoying is it to see your native language rendered with no accents?
I'm localizing my iOS app. All of the screen text, though, is rendered in a handwriting font made by our designer... that contains no special characters. (Yeah, roll your eyes. Go for it.)
As I'm now ...
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Best fonts for mobile applications? [closed]
So what would be your pick when designing a mobile app? What font would you choose?
From what I'm reading lately, many people praise Open Sans, and the font really has it's merits, it's simple, ...
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2answers
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Slanted cursor+background for italic text?
In most applications that I'm familiar with, a text cursor in insertion mode is universally represented as a vertical blinking bar:
As you can see, for some italic letters this creates visual ...
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1answer
367 views
Why did Google put those very ugly fonts in Google plus? [closed]
Google did a change of fonts in G+ in the recent past (I'm not a daily visitor so I don't know exactly when). The change makes the fonts look HORRIBLE in desktop (resolution of 1920x1080), but on my ...
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5answers
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Easiest to read fonts
Has there been studies to determine what fonts make it easiest to read? I'm interested in the font type, but also size and color. For example, is dark gray better than pitch black?
Also of interest ...
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“Best practice” font for information heavy web applications
We run a B2B, information dense web application (a helpdesk) and our base font is currently
13px Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif
We've been thinking about using a webfont to improve this. ...
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Where to find a font for my web app? [closed]
As I have an educational web application, I need a digital like font, what's the approach to use such a font on my web app? I checked fonts.com, they offer monthly subscription plans to use their ...
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1answer
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Trying to create a decent semi-flat design. Failing [closed]
We hit a snag in our project: We've only got a few weeks till launch and the designer who was to make a skin for our product has not delivered the (very) goods. I took a stab at creating a skin for ...
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6answers
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How can I make these links more obvious to click on?
I'm working on a website redesign for a dental laboratory.
While testing the home page with a user, they never clicked on the links in the subnavigation. They clicked on the larger buttons in the ...
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1answer
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What fonts are used in the header? [closed]
Just a quick and simple question.
What fonts and other characteristics if any are used in this header:
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What fonts are good and which ones should we avoid for our application's UI?
What do you advise when it comes to selecting fonts for your User Interface?
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1answer
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Truly cross-browser/cross-platform font-rendering web embedded fonts? Does it all come to images? [closed]
I've spent eons diving into @font-face issues for RTL languages, font-rendering on different browsers, PDF support, and so on.
My objective is to have CSS-compatible Arabic (a RTL language) text on ...
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5answers
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Is there a unified font size metric across all applications?
This is not precisely UX related, but very important to user interface design in general. In summary, across applications (Photoshop, Dreamweaver, Flash) and platforms (Browsers, .NET, Mac, ...
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3answers
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Why not use san-serif fonts on print design?
It's better to use san-serif than serif fonts on web, as their simpler letter form remain readable at low resolution. Serif fonts need more pixels to display their extra details.
I was wondering why I ...
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3answers
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Any usability studies of the readability of Open Sans?
I like the look of Open Sans, but I've heard anecdotes of people having trouble reading it. For example on the Wordpress post about it, most are praising it, but a few people are quite negative:
...
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5answers
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Allow users to change fonts for increased reability
Looking to see if anyone has found any recommendations/best practices on allowing users to toggle different font-types. Particularly the ability to toggle between standard font-sets and one designed ...
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4answers
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How do I improve the readability of body text?
I always find it hard to judge the readability of my site and there is so much conflicting information out there. So I thought I would ask for some options here. Could you please take a quick look at ...
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0answers
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When using Verdana, is it common to use Tahoma for headlines? [closed]
So Verdana looks excellent at small sizes. For big sizes like headlines though, is it common to use Tahoma as a replacement, which I hear is a condensed version of Verdana?
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Does someone know what is the name of this font? [closed]
Here you: http://screencast.com/t/ydmgvpPGMC2 I searched but nothing..
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3answers
492 views
What are your thoughts on using italics for primary navigation in a page header? [closed]
I'm working on a redesign for a large blue chip's website and the company brand uses a san serif italic font for the headings in it's marketing collateral. The brand/creative team would like to use ...
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4answers
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Table usability/Readable font for a data table
What's the best font for a data table? Monospace is good but takes up more room, so you can't have as much whitespace between the items. Similarly, what are some good usability principles for data ...
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3answers
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Good fonts that read vertically
I'm looking for some fonts that read well vertically. By vertically I mean text that runs at a right angle or perpendicular to the normal left to right. Like the words highlighted in yellow in this ...
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1answer
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Should both bold and italics be allowed in electronic flashcards?
When people create electronic flashcards, is there a valid need for them to have markdown for both bold and italics? This is a question that I have been debating with some colleagues for a while now ...
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2answers
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Choosing a font for text [closed]
I am trying to decide on fonts to use for my website. While I do this I need a easier way to choose between fonts. And I need to see how my title, menu items look in the fonts I choose. I am looking ...
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1answer
168 views
Web-safe fonts: do Apple devices ship with Arial?
Currently my font stack is "HelveticaNeue-Light","Helvetica Neue Light","Helvetica Neue",Helvetica,Arial,"Lucida Grande",sans-serif. The issue I'm having is that some of my images/buttons with text ...
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2answers
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What are some good font guidelines for headers, paragraphs, etc. that just look really nice?
One thing I find somewhat difficult is getting the various fonts and sizes and weights to look "just right". What are some good guidelines to follow for font sizes, weights and styles when making web ...
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2answers
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Alternatives to underlining an email address to signify MS Outlook “Check Names” feature
MS Outlook has a feature called Check Names that converts an email address to a full name, underlines it, and makes it uneditable (aside from deleting the resolved name).
Some of my font enthusiasts ...
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1answer
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How do I determine which font a website is using? [closed]
I'm often curious to know what font a website is using. Using the inspector in Chrome or Safari I can easily identify the font-family style being applied, but that gives a list of fonts with no ...
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5answers
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Why is 13px Arial font the web standard?
If you use any of Google's applications, from search to Gmail you will find the base font used for most things is 13px Arial.
font-family: arial, sans-serif;
font-size: 13px;
...
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3answers
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How can I improve the display of fonts when no anti-aliasing is used?
I'm a web developer by trade and struggle with colour theories and graphic design. I also develop on an iMac, hence beautiful browsing/visual experience ensues, however when I view on Windows machines ...
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1answer
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Should Font Faces be the Same Across Different Devices?
My company has been working on a fluid grid design for our website so users can access information through their mobile phones and tablets. I was thinking of incorporating a font change on various ...
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2answers
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What font selection tools are available? [closed]
I am not a graphic designer, but I must find a font that has these considerations:
Readable onscreen at small (8-10px) sizes
Distinguishes readily between I, l, and 1 (Upper I, Lower L, and one)
A ...
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5answers
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Should font styles used on a website be the same as logo?
I have been given a professionally created Brand Standards Manual that defines two fonts in the brand. When I am designing the website, should I just use the fonts defined in this standard for my ...
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6answers
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What is the best font for extremely limited space, i.e. will fit the most READABLE text in the smallest space?
I often have very limited space when creating reports and dashboards for users. I usually use Arial, or Arial Narrow, but UI isn't my area of expertise, so I want to know, is there an optimal font for ...
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1answer
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Which fonts are safe for use on the web today? [closed]
The fonts that were allowed for use on the web are limited. But over the last few years, the fonts that could be safely used on a web page for styling elements have increased. In this day, which fonts ...
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1answer
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Font for huge display [closed]
For a huge display at a festival, who in their marketing uses Times New Roman, which font would you recommend?
We need it to be readable even from long distance.
Could you recommend us a Google web ...
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1answer
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Use of typekit fonts [closed]
I was wondering if Typekit fonts are used on any big sites. I know on their site https://typekit.com/ it says Twitter and NYTimes use it, but actually checked out the source on their pages, it doesn't ...
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3answers
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Load Fonts First or Last?
Fonts compete for available bandwidth and out of necessity have to be referenced as external files, rather than being inlined as can be done with essential CSS to avoid a FOUC (Flash of Unstyled ...
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1answer
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A proper cross-platform sans-serif font stack for 16px font-size? [closed]
Although I have a Windows system, I am not basically a Windows user, and do all my stuff on Linux.
Are Windows users really used to Arial? I mean, it's really thin and rough looking when compared to ...
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10answers
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Number of Fonts per Design
I'm working on a website and wondering at what point I'm using too many fonts and need to cut back. Right now, I have a handwritten font (HF1) that is being used for the site name, a quite different ...
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4answers
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Different Font Faces in same Web Application
The context here is a web application delivered through the browser.
My question is: is it ever okay to have different font faces or a single application? To me it looks obvious but not egregious.
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4answers
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Arial vs Verdana for ecommerce sites [closed]
Struggling to choose between Arial (11px) and Verdana (10px) as screen font for my ecommerce site.
Here are my thoughts:
Arial has that connection to Helvetica. It oozes authority. Most popular ...
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1answer
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Which websites stock good quality free fonts? [closed]
I know www.fontsquirrel.com and www.fontfabric.com that stock free fonts, but are there any other sites out there that have good quality free fonts?
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2answers
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What's a safe serif font for an eBook read on iPad?
I'm currently working on a document which I expect to be read as a PDF eBook on iPad. The primary font family is Times New Roman which is just fine until it's presented in either italics or bold at ...
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2answers
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interface suggestions
I have a simple site I'm creating that basically just allows you to set your status as away or available. Super easy and very simple. However, I'm definitely not a UX person and I really struggle at ...
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1answer
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Accessibility and the use of font characters for icons
It seems to be a trend for the moment to embed custom web dingbat fonts and use them as icons on web pages. But isn't it so that a screen reader will read those characters out load? So when it for ...
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5answers
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Suggestion for Critical Application GUI Font
I create a critical software (which affect safety), on the GUI, I need a font that has clarity & clear typeface which is very readable, mostly that font will be displayed at height of ~18px, do ...
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8answers
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How do I explain correct usage of the MS Comic Sans font to a client?
I have a client who wants to use comic sans ms for lots of things on a website I'm doing for him. How can I explain that comic sans ms is so bad? He's fairly easily persuaded, I think I just need the ...
