Finding the Best Web Fonts for Your Site

[mouakter13]

Why use web fonts?
So now that you know what web fonts are, why would you choose to use them instead of hosting your own fonts?

Here are some of the benefits:

Ease: Adding a few lines of code or installing a plugin is faster than downloading and uploading font files, and makes it easier to change fonts if you choose to do so in the future.
Range of fonts: There are thousands of fonts available as web fonts and the list is constantly growing.
Updates: If the font file needs to be updated, perhaps to add variable fonts (more of which coming soon) or to add additional characters, your site will have access to the new version without you having to do anything.
Most websites use web fonts, with a web-safe font as a fallback. And with WordPress, it's very easy to do.

Once you've decided that you're going to use web fonts, you now have a difficult decision to make: what type of fonts to use?

Back in the good old days, when all web developers had access to pre-installed web-safe fonts, this was a very easy decision. Did you want to use a serif or a sans-serif font? (Serif fonts have a small line benin phone number data or stroke at the end of a larger stroke in each character; sans-serif fonts do not.) Having made that decision, your options were very limited.

But now, the world is a wonder.

Here are some tips to help you choose the best font for your site:

Look at your printed materials. Are there fonts already in use that can be found as web fonts? If not, can you find something similar?
Look at your competitors' websites. What kind of fonts are they using? I don't recommend copying them, but there may be certain styles that convey the right kind of image to your website users.
Think about the kind of mood you want to convey with your fonts. Some fonts look more modern, others more traditional. Some are fun, others more serious.
Stick to fonts that are easy to read for body text, and use more interesting fonts for headlines if you want.
Choose from the most popular Google fonts , which will be familiar to website visitors and easy to read.
Once you've chosen your fonts, spend some time experimenting with them. Font providers like Google Fonts allow you to type in custom text to see how it looks in your chosen font. Once you see your own text in the font, it might help you decide if it's the right font for you.