Fonts for Web Sites: How Many, What Type and How Big? Even
though constant evolution and growth is inherent in Web design,
there are still a few basic things that many sites require. Text
is necessary, at least in part, for the majority of Web sites.
Whether you’re designing a personal homepage or a massive
corporations Web site, you’ll probably put at least a small
amount of text somewhere on those pages. Reading text should be
easy and comfortable for visitors. Otherwise they’ll find some
other site to visit and forget all about yours. But how do you
create a user-friendly site? How many different fonts should you
use? What types are preferable? And just how big should the text
be, anyway? Here’s what you should consider when designing your
pages. Too many different font faces will inevitably create a
clash. Uniform text that’s broken into short paragraphs is
easier to follow than several strung-together, erratic font
faces thrown into the same paragraph. You can use two or three
different font faces. Many