From the article: Web Typography Mistakes
What fonts annoy you? Are there things about Web typography that really get your goat?
Read about the font annoyances of other Web designers and share your own opinions about what to avoid when working on Web typography.
What Fonts Annoy YouArial Font
- My huge pet peeve is when Arial is used throughout a website and especially when used for body text. It works fine for small titles on links. Sorry, but it just looks unprofessional when used for everything. Just as bad are the "straight quotes" that usually go with it.
- —Designer7
Overused Fonts
- Reguardless of whether it is in print or on the web, Curlz MT and Comic Sans nauseate me- as do the fonts Jokerman, Chiller and the like- they just scream "done in Microsoft Office", and thus there is nothing graphic-design-esque about them. Beware the familiar and quirky home fonts that ameteurs just love!
- —Guest Bijou
Multiple Fonts
- One of my biggest pet peeves pertaining to typography is the use of multiple fonts and inconsistent fonts. Nothing is worse than not being able to tell which text is important and which is not because a Web page uses different fonts with no apparent order. I usually use two font families on my Web sites (headers and body), and use bold or italics to differentiate text. I find this makes text easier to read, and looks much more professional.
- —Guest David Greer
