Web Design - Typography

[BFCTom]

Hi,

Creativity when designing web site mock ups has never really been an issue, but what really stumps me sometimes is typography.

Now I'm not talking about logos, etc. but the content body text (paragraph, headers, etc).

I'm in a terrible habit of using Arial for almost everything as it's the only thing I think looks right (read: half decent).

I just wondered what fonts the other designers out there use for these purposes?

Is everyone using @fontface now or still sticking to "safer" fonts?

Cheers for any pointers, advice or discussion

 

[BFCTom]

I used that method on my own site so that people who had Rockwell installed got that for headers, otherwise it was Arial

I've seen Typekit before and sure I would love an invite. Is it going to be a paid service when it's live? My e-mail is: bfctom at gmail dot com

Cheers.

 

[BFCTom]

Cheers for the links dude, had a quick scan they look good reads. I'll have a better look later.

I've always liked Georgia too, but sometimes I think it looks a bit too much.

 

[BFCTom]

I'll send an invite now.

Yeah there's a free option with a limited amount of fonts available and your page has to carry a small Typekit logo in the bottom right. For the full library and no logo it's $50 a year.

Cheers pal, that's not too bad then I'll have a play and see what I think

 

[BFCTom]

What I usually do is globally set the font to 62.5% then for individual styling you can use 1.2em (12pt), 1.4em (14pt)... 2.8em (28pt), etc.

Just makes it that bit easier to imagine the size of the fonts while you're coding your CSS.