Neerav,
That is a very hard question to answer as the choice font-family is not
entirely dependant on readability. The overall site design may influence
your choice of font family to some degree.
Fonts families and font sizes are hotly debated topics. We did a lot of
reading some time back on fonts and the most common conclusions seemed to be
that Verdana (sans serif) and Georgia (serif) were the most "readable"
fonts. This doesn�t take into account other important ingredients such as
line length and line height.
Regardless of your final choice, it is always good to have fallback options.
As we have seen in earlier posts, certain operating systems may not have
your first choice of font. So, it would be better to offer some other
fallback fonts that have a similar look. For example:
{ font-family : Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; }
or
{ font-family : Georgia, Times, "Times New Roman", sans-serif; }
Some people disagree about using Verdana at all:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~sbpoley/webmatters/verdana.html
All comes down to opinion...
Russ
>
> I usually use "font-family : Verdana, sans-serif;"
>
> As I find Verdana to be a very clear, easy to read font that scales well
> for small text, normal paragraph text and large headings alike
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