Because a large amount of fonts available, it is not possible to recognize most of the fonts, except for some of the most common ones we mentioned. But because even the most common type has many subcategories, you often see fonts in a place that you like and think you have to implement it, but you cannot identify it.
Fortunately, there are some tools that can do this for you.
The image resolution where the desired font is as high as possible because this tool is more likely to recognize fonts. Also, the bigger the font, the easier it is to find out which fonts are questioned because the characteristics will be clearer.
There is also a possibility to scan him using your smartphone camera and thus find fonts.
If you want to see which fonts are used on certain websites, you can install the extension to help you search.
If you fail to find it after using all the tools, your last choice is to contact someone who is a font expert or upload a picture to a forum where someone might complete your dilemma.
What font is good for websites?
In the next paragraph, we will talk more about how to choose the right font for your website, but before that, we must explain which fonts might be considered at all.
It is very important to pay attention to whether the font you like is in the web font category.
Safe font web is a font that suits different browsers and different devices such as smartphones, tablets, and so on.
All fonts that are not safe web will not always be displayed in the right way, but if someone does not have the font installed, he will be shown some generic fonts, and that will then completely destroy the appearance of your website.
So no matter how positive it becomes unique and prominent from the crowd, you need to think of fonts that look good on the web too.
But that’s not all. The web’s safe font, as well as those that do not, significantly affect SEO.
As you might know, page load speed is one of the most important things for search engine optimization.
If you use the web font loading speed it will be much higher than when you use fonts that are stored locally and are not installed everywhere and then visitors to your site will experience slow loading. There are few online font converter, that converts any simple text into fancy and cool font styles.
This is a good disaster for SEO and for the general impression that users will have about you.
So before you choose a certain font or more than them, first make sure that they are a safe web font, and only then proceed to the design of your website.
How do I choose a font for your website?
If some of the same fonts are suitable for everyone, there will be no so many variations. How do you determine the ideal for you?
We will tell you a number of factors to consider when choosing fonts that are suitable for your website assuming that you will choose some safe fonts web:
- Type of your brand
- Determine the number of fonts you will use
- Language
- Written content amount
- Type of your brand
Font must be chosen based on the characteristics of your brand. Each brand, both because of its characteristics and niche, has several visual characteristics. For example, beauty brands compared to brands related to TI are completely different.
So first you need to think and examine what fonts are mostly used by brands like you. You must not be able to participate, but you have to get an impression.
In this way you will understand whether you need to focus more on modern or vintage fonts.
Also, pay attention to the colors you will use. If the font is wasteful, then use a soft color and vice versa.
If not, your website will look like a circus ad, and very few brands can benefit from such designs.
Do not underestimate the importance of fonts because it has one of the biggest impacts on brand identity.
Determine the number of fonts you will use
The golden rule is that you should not have more than 3 different fonts on your website.
In some cases, you can use more than 3 fonts, but the best is still having 2 to 3.
You don’t even need to use only 1 font, because the website will look boring.
First, select the main fonts that are most visible and you will use it for your brand name and other large text such as the title. The main font can be different. Some choose the simple ones, while others choose decorative fonts as the main.
You must always comply with the hierarchy, which means that fonts must have a different level of importance and that this is a case everywhere on the site.
Secondary fonts are also important because it is actually the most represented on your website. You will use it for all text and because it must be easy to read. While the main fonts can be more complex and brave in design, because there are more attracting attention, secondary must be simple so that website visitors are not tired of reading.
You can also apply the third font, but only in a few places such as invitations to act, menus, and the like. This can be seen decorated to attract attention, but should not dominate.
Language
Your goal is possible to make people from all over the world visit your website.
Many know English and will explore your website in its original form, but also many will use the translation option and turn to their language.
This can be a problem if your font only has Latin letters and then when translated, the website will really lose its appearance.
It is impossible to find fonts that support all languages in the world, but make sure at least have several characters from other languages.
Think about which market is the most attractive to your brand, and choose fonts that are tailored to certain foreign languages.
Written content amount
We have mentioned that the secondary font must be clean and easy to read.
But the amount of text found on your website also determines the choice of all the fonts you use.
If there is a little written content, you have more choices than if you focus on blogs and the like. If your blog and written content are generally your main thing, you need to choose a font that is easy to read.
No one wants to read a 10-minute blog written in several non-standard fonts.
The essence of a blog is for people to learn something new, not to attract attention with colorful design and decoration fonts. So, if you have a lot of content, our recommendation is to choose one of the Sans Serif fonts.
The only exception can be a very specific niche, which ideally matches certain fonts.
Where can I find a web font?
There are many websites where you can download different fonts, try it, and implement it.
Don’t always choose the default font, because it seems not creative at all. Investigate what is available to you, make sure it is a safe web font, and then fits your brand identity.
Google Fonts may be the most popular site to find fonts, as the name suggests.
All fonts that you can find have an open source, which gives you a lot of freedom to use it as you like.
Along with Google Font, there are many more reliable sites such as Font Squirrel and Fontspace where tens of thousands of different fonts are available, so take the time to find the right one, don’t end your search after 10 minutes.
