Georgia, a Microsoft staple, is a rounded and reliable serif choice with horizontal top serifs that are easier to spot on a ...

A serif is a delicate little point (aka flare or terminating flourish) at the end of a letter stroke. In the image above, ...

Designed by Paul D. Hunt, Source Sans Pro is the ultimate corporate-style sans-serif web font. It comes in a whopping 12 different styles with weights from extra-light all the way to ultra-bold.

In the early days of digital screens, sans serif fonts were preferred to serif, as they improved legibility. The first digital typeface – Digi Grotesk – was designed by Rudolf Hell in 1968.

Usually, sans serif fonts tend to be more accessible than those with serifs, but there are exceptions, as our shortlist shows. And, just to confuse you, some fonts specially designed for people ...