You Cant Go Wrong With Helvetica. You know it, you love it, you cant live without it, its Helvetica The font synonymous with great design is always a good choice if youre not sure how to proceed with your pick of typeface. It feels professional, lighthearted, honest, Brian Hoff of Brian Hoff Design told Bloomberg. The sans serif font is modern, weighted evenly, and used in everything from Fortune 1. MTAs subway system. Unfortunately, if youre a Windows user youll have to actually purchase the font yourself Microsoft created its own Helvetica clone, Arial, as it chose not to license the famous font. In the words of Cleaver Magazine editor Remy Barnes, For the love of God, do not send Arial. Use Thicker Fonts for Reading on Screens. While some fonts, like Baskerville, are great for long reads on paper, theyre harder to read on devices with low resolution screens. Poor screen quality means poor rendering of the fonts thinnest lines, making reading more of a challenge. Use thicker fonts like Palatino and Georgia, which are better suited for screen reading, according to font designer and retired professor Charles Bigelow. Stop With the Comic Sans Already. Under no circumstances, unless youre 8, should you use Comic Sans. Its original purpose was to act as the text for speech bubbles in Microsoft Word. Since its creation in 9. Please license Helvetica, Microsoft. No Terminal Service License Servers Available Scholarships© 2017