Favorite fonts?

[kestrell]

I realize that I am opening a serious can of geeky worms by asking this, and I even encourage that, so...

Do folks have favorite fonts?

I'm trying to decide on a font for my webpages. I want something sans serif and accessible/easy to read, but also something that evokes books. My favorite font is actually futura, which is what my business cards are in, because it is both supposedly the most easy to view font--it's a geometric sanse serif-- and associated with space travel and science fiction, due to being the easiest to see at the farthest distance. For some reason, however, it is suggested that futura should only be used for headings and signage.

Comments

[jesse_the_k]

...a word about font licensing: it really depends on the vendor. Some places let you purchase a font and use it for anything; others require separate payments for printed use; use in an app; and use on a webpage.

[kestrell]

I haven't gotten my CSS style sheet to work yet, so purchasing fonts is not even in the near future *sigh*. Do you know anything about CSS?

My CSS knowledge is almost totally absent

[jesse_the_k]

I get the idea. I get that things cascade. The naming conventions elude me.

Happy to learn of the resource which makes it all come clear!

[dewline]

I am still just beginning to wrap my mind around Cascading Style Sheets: the idea that a separate file should be created and edited in order to govern how some - or all - of the pages in a specific web site should appear to users. That all those web pages have to refer back to that file - a style sheet - to that end goal.

Learning how to design such a style sheet is one of my ongoing projects, both for my own web site's sake and for the sake of any graphic design jobs I hope to pursue.

[kestrell]

Here is the resource the class instructor refers us to, and it offers a good simple beginning, though it gets way more detailed than the little eight-week course I am taking

CSS tutorial W3 Schools
This tutorial will teach you CSS from basic to advanced.
https://www.w3schools.com/Css/default.asp

CSS Introduction
https://www.w3schools.com/Css/css_intro.asp

[jesse_the_k]

Lovely links are lovely, thank you.