Best Font Size and Type for Blogs?

The best online font is a non-serif - in other words, without any curly ends, like Times Roman and some others. Times Roman is mostly used in print media and is difficult to read online. Common fonts that work well on screen are Verdana (which this is), Tahoma and of course Arial.

You will notice that the space between letters is more compact in Arial while Verdana is wider than Tahoma. This is especially noticeable in headlines and can make them much wider than you want. With this in mind, I prefer Verdana for content and Arial for headlines.

As far as font size, you only need to be concerned about your readers. I don't believe the SEs care what actual size the fonts are as long as they see H1, H2, formatting. I frequently resize my H1 formatted headings to something smaller.

I tend to go with size 6 for headlines (H1) or 18-24 point depending on the page size and what looks best. I use 14-18 point for subheads (H2) and 14 point for (H3) subheads. Some pages will accommodate 28 point H1 headlines or bigger, again depending on the page size and whatever columns you have taking up space. My suggestion: choose a sufficient headline size to make your heading stand out without overwhelming the reader.

As far as content, I like 10-12 point. Some people find that 10 point is too small for their browsers and prefer something bigger, and 12 seems to fit the bill.

Regarding your blog, again I would get rid of those curly fonts and replace them with one of the 3 mentioned above.

Also, your paragraphs are way too big. Do not have more than 3 sentences per paragraph. This creates more white space, which makes it less intimidating for your visitors. When they see huge blocks of text, they are less likely to read it.

I would also recommend shortening your sentences, like this one:

>It is a quandary from which economies can escape only by focusing on production and consumption rather than merely subsidizing the financial system to enable players to make money from money by inflating asset prices on free electronic keyboard credit.<

There are too many elements to make it easy to comprehend. Since I really do not know your topic, I can't give you examples of how to rewrite it (it makes no sense to me ), but I'm sure you can break that sentence into at least 2 sentences for better reading.

You should focus your writing on the Grade 5 or Grade 8 reader (depends who you talk to, but these are the recommended reading levels). I'd guess that yours is closer to Grade 12 level.

Hope this helps.

Sylvia

I use Verdana - Size 13

No real reason I just think it is easy to read.

Ditto.

I can handle Arial in larger sizes, like headings, but for reading text, give me 12 pt. Verdana.

One thing some designers like to do that drives me nuts is to use a light gray for text on a white background. That might look cool with a page full of 'lorem ipsum' on a 24" monitor, but it's a real eyestrain in 10 pt (or smaller) Arial with real text. Black on white, followed by black on the lightest pastel yellow or blue is very readable.

Would love to know why people resurrect 2 year old threads.
Maybe since you just did you can tell me why?