Typetester - Compare Fonts Online

There are dozens of fonts that you can use to display your Web site’s content. From arial to verdana - everybody has a favorite. Have you ever had a tool that would allow you to compare each font and see which one really wins out in a battle for your eyeballs? I think not. That is what the Typetester provides you.

The interface on the Web site is pretty easy to figure out. You select your fonts (up to three) and then customize the way you want them to be displayed. After doing so, you get a side by side comparison of each font as it is used in a paragraph of text. They also show it to you using all the different font styles you could think of as well.

Here is what the developers of the Typetester system have to say about it.

The Typetester is an online application for comparison of the fonts for the screen. Its primary role is to make web designer’s life easier. As the new fonts are bundled into operating systems, the list of the common fonts will be updated.

So no matter what your favorite font might be, this tool provides you a way to perhaps find a new one. For Web development work, I would suggest staying with the “safe” fonts. I could see this Online application used for more than just Web work in the long run though.

[tags]design, fonts, faces, styles, compare, online[/tags]