What are the best fonts for websites?

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What are the best fonts for websites?

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8 Options Considered

Best fonts for websites	Price	License	Italics
-- Google Noto	FREE	OFL-1.1	-
-- Dalton Maag Ubuntu	Free	Ubuntu Font 1.0	Yes
-- Google Roboto	FREE	Apache-2.0	-
-- LL Unica77	$	Proprietary	-
-- GNOME Cantarell	FREE	OFL-1.1	-

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score 5 · Answer 1

Google Noto

Top Pro

Free

It’s free and open. See More

Top Con

Not yet universal

SuccessfulTammuz's Experience

Clean clear text. Nothing I’ve seen has been easier to read; on led, lcd, and eInk. Be it on a handheld or a 50 inch tv as a monitor. See More

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Top Pro

Covers almost every used language

Top Pro

Looks clean and crisp on any display

Top Pro

Scalable from 4 point to 500 without broken edges

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score 1 · Answer 2

Dalton Maag Ubuntu

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License:Ubuntu Font 1.0

Italics:Yes

Weights:5 (Thin, Light, Regular, Medium, Bold)

score 4 · Answer 3

Google Roboto

Top Pro

Available in different styles

Sans serif, bold, italic, mono, slab (serif) - so you can add all kind of styling from good readable long texts (serif), over headlines (sans serif) to source code (mono). See More

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License:Apache-2.0

Top Pro

Can be referenced from google servers

You can link to the fonts on the google servers. Since it is popular, people have it cached already most likely, speeding up your website load time. See More

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score 7 · Answer 4

LL Unica77

Top Pro

Extraordinary readability

Neil Lewis's Experience

Nice alternative to more common Swiss typefaces, more neutral than Helvetica and a bit more interesting than Univers. See More

Specs

License:Proprietary

Alternative:https://www.tosche.net/fonts/neue-haas-unica

Top Pro

Lacks the typographical awkwardness of Arial

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score 2 · Answer 5

GNOME Cantarell

Alternative:Saxena Cambay, Sobral Petra, https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cantarell

score 3 · Answer 6

Google Open Sans

Neil Lewis's Experience

Great choice for an interface typeface. See More

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

score 2 · Answer 7

Lato

Top Con

Superceded by metric-compatible Google CrOScore Carlito

Top Pro

Clear and modern

Neil Lewis's Experience

Direct and friendly. See More

Specs

License:OFL-1.1

Based On:Microsoft Calibri

Metric-compatible:Microsoft Calibri

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score 1 · Answer 8

Bitstream DejaVu Sans

Top Pro

DejaVu Sans is an alternative to Microsoft Verdana

Specs

License:Bitstream-Vera

Alternative:Barnbrook Virus DejaVu, https://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/dejavu

Based On:Bitstream Vera Sans

Italics:Yes

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score 1 · Answer 9

8 Options Considered

My Recommendation for Google Noto

My Recommendation for Google Noto

Free

Not yet universal

Covers almost every used language

Looks clean and crisp on any display

Scalable from 4 point to 500 without broken edges

My Recommendation for Dalton Maag Ubuntu

My Recommendation for Dalton Maag Ubuntu

My Recommendation for Google Roboto

My Recommendation for Google Roboto

Available in different styles

Can be referenced from google servers

My Recommendation for LL Unica77

My Recommendation for LL Unica77

Extraordinary readability

Lacks the typographical awkwardness of Arial

My Recommendation for GNOME Cantarell

My Recommendation for GNOME Cantarell

My Recommendation for Google Open Sans

My Recommendation for Google Open Sans

My Recommendation for Lato

My Recommendation for Lato

Superceded by metric-compatible Google CrOScore Carlito

Clear and modern

My Recommendation for Bitstream DejaVu Sans

My Recommendation for Bitstream DejaVu Sans

DejaVu Sans is an alternative to Microsoft Verdana

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My Recommendation for LandingPageFonts

My Recommendation for LandingPageFonts

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