What are Web-Safe Fonts?
Even if you've never hear the term Font before, I'm sure you've seen different fonts
all over. As defined by Webster's, a font is: (Print.) A complete assortment of
printing type of one size, including a due proportion of all the letters in the
alphabet, large and small, points, accents, and whatever else is necessary for printing
with that variety of types; a fount.
The web can not show a font that is not installed on the users computer systems.
Because of this limitation, you'll find that most text of the web adheres to web
safe fonts. These are fonts that are in most likelihood, installed on the users
computer system.
As far as company logos are concerned, we can still show that as a graphic. There
of course would be no limitation to the variety of fonts you can show in a graphic.
The draw back is simple. The more graphics, the slower your site becomes. We try
to find a good balance as we design your site.
Below are the most commonly used fonts on the web.
