![]() When you follow the Flickr “about” page link you see a longer body text written in Arial though. The German BuzzFeed version uses Proxima Nova for body text as well.į – the oldest social media site for photographers uses Proxima Nova on their homepage for headlines and body text. The BuzzFeed UK site uses it on their homepage for headlines and teasers but the actual body text on article pages uses a different font. I’ll start with the examples more close to home. Who Uses the Proxima Nova Webfont for Body Text? I thought it was still something for geeks. Then I went on checking paid fonts and discovered this typography trend while at it: I was surprised that one of the most popular webfonts seems to be Proxima Nova. “There is no such thing as a good free font”. Last but not least professional graphic designers usually say things like: ![]() Also most of them are hosted by Google so that the Internet giant can track your visitors. The free fonts were not good enough though. Why just sans-serif? Serif fonts do not work for small type on the Web in my opinion. I’ve checked most of the free sans-serif fonts available. Proxima Nova is among the most popular premium webfonts for that purpose. ![]() I promised to find the best fonts for body text readability. Why Not Choose a Free Webfont from Google Fonts? This time I want to show you an actual example – the Proxima Nova webfont. Only some webfonts work for body text – not just headlines! ![]() Last time I’ve written about how Microsoft made the Web ugly and how so called webfonts are probably a solution alas a difficult one. ![]()
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