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Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 2: Alternatives to Georgia
For nearly fifteen years, if you wanted to set a paragraph of web text in a serif typeface, the only truly readable option was Georgia. -
Cure for the Common Webfont, Part 1: Alternatives to Arial (and Helvetica)
Arial gets a lot of guff, and most of it is well-deserved. But whatever you think of its shady origins or shaky design, the fact remains that it was made for the screen, and it’s the only all-purpose, full-family sans serif that is guaranteed to be viewable by 99% of web users. Until recently, that is.