Ask HN: Serif or san serif font on a classic website?

2 points by shotinthedark 14y ago ↗ HN

I am working on a website tiered to the older generation with a 'newspaper' feel to it. I am currently using a serif font but I keep on thinking I should change it to sans-serif because it's cleaner and easier to read. NYTimes uses Times New Roman, so does The Times (UK) and few others. What do you think? Serif or san serif?

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sp332 14y ago ↗

Times New Roman is very condensed, so IMHO it's hard to read on a monitor. Try something wider, like Cambria (Windows-only) or even Georgia.

glimcat 14y ago ↗

It's a line of CSS difference. Do a user test.

meenriquez 14y ago ↗

I personally think Georgia is a good font for websites.