Choosing fonts

[Martee]

Choosing a font for me is one of the hardest things to do when you're designing, getting the right font can be crucial to a piece so picking that right one is the hardest decision I make in any piece. How do you pick the right one for your work?

As I tend to be a fan of modern/sleek designs I like to go for mildy futuristic text at times so I always have a few I know take my fancy at the ready and then I just see how it works with the effects I add.

 

[lowrider.STi]

Same here. I usually go to dafont and spend a few minutes searching for a matching one.

 

[steve12]

Really it is very hard to choose font. It irritates me alot.

 

[JLogan]

I just go to Google Web Fonts and see what kind of combos they offer :/

 

[xpl0iter]

I just go to Google Web Fonts and see what kind of combos they offer :/

It sure has lots of awesome fonts. Recently only I found out about Google WebFonts! :/

 

[JLogan]

It sure has lots of awesome fonts. Recently only I found out about Google WebFonts! :/

I've known about it for a while now. It's pretty awesome, and definitely useful if you don't wanna store fonts on your server, and would rather just import them from Google.

 

[goodboy133]

Finding the right font is something I can't do.
For professional logos, I mostly use Segoe UI.

 

[Rihtar]

I don't give too much thought to the fonts I'm using, because I tend to stick with the 'standard' ones such as Tahoma, Calibri, Arial and Sans-Serif. However it's a different story when it comes to logos where sometimes I spend an hour or two searching for the right font.

 

[OhioTom76]

Lately I've been trying to limit my font selection to what is available on Google Web Fonts as well as Font Squirrel. Both of these sites offer fonts that are completely free to use as web fonts embedded directly into your web pages. This is particularly useful for SEO purposes since you don't need to rely on text graphics as much any more. But in the rare instances you do need them, it's nice to have some cohesion between the graphical text and the live text.

In addition, Google Web Fonts also offers suggested font pairings. There are many independent blogs out there as well that have suggestions from established designers.

 

[Pierre E. (Lancer)]

I focus on only two things when i design. First, i try to get a website easily readable. Second, i try to make my websites load fastest as possible. So, i try to use font that is already available on client computer. I either use ubuntu font or arial with serif as fallback!