Blogging Tips | No Comments | March 17th, 2010
The font style used on a website is a very important part of what makes the website easy to navigate and the information easy to process. If you use one of the many fancy font styles, it’s likely that people will skip over the article because they don’t want to slow down to read it. Because our minds tend to take pictures of computer screens and then process the information, as opposed to processing the information from the words we read, it’s important to keep things relatively simple. However, if the style that you use is too simple, you may not catch the eye of the people you are trying to target.
Font Selection
Finding the right balance can be a difficult task. The most important aspect of choosing the right font is finding the style that will attract and engage readers, but also make it simple to decipher the information. Something like Arial, Times New Roman, or Verdana is a good way to go for the body of the text. On your titles and subtitles, something more extravagant can and should be used in an attempt to make those points “pop”.
