Michael Doyle | Blog

Design – Choosing Web Fonts

This article covers the basics of using fonts on web sites, basic but important stuff:

http://www.admixweb.com/2009/08/02/things-to-consider-when-choosing-font-for-your-website/

Design – Typographic Desk Reference

The Typographic Desk Reference looks like a very handy reference book for designers.

Some sample pages are included on the site.

http://typedeskref.com/

Fonts – Web Safe

Here is a list of web safe fonts that are commonly packaged with all platforms.

font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-family: 'Arial Black', Gadget, sans-serif;
font-family: 'Bookman Old Style', serif;
font-family: 'Comic Sans MS', cursive;
font-family: Courier, monospace;
font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
font-family: Garamond, serif;
font-family: Georgia, serif;
font-family: Impact, Charcoal, sans-serif;
font-family: 'Lucida Console', Monaco, monospace;
font-family: 'Lucida Sans Unicode', 'Lucida Grande', sans-serif;
font-family: 'MS Sans Serif', Geneva, sans-serif;
font-family: 'MS Serif', 'New York', sans-serif;
font-family: 'Palatino Linotype', 'Book Antiqua', Palatino, serif;
font-family: Symbol, sans-serif;
font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif;
font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Helvetica, sans-serif;
font-family: Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif;
font-family: Webdings, sans-serif;
font-family: Wingdings, 'Zapf Dingbats', sans-serif;

This list was found here

CSS – Web Text Visualizers

CSS Font and Text Style Wizard is a handy online tool that shows you the different font attributes in CSS and shows how they affect text.
Typetester is a similar tool, but with further functionality.

Windows Font Explorer

Windows Font Explorer is a small utility that allows you to scroll through all your installed fonts and see how they look in different sizes and applied to different text.