This tutorial explains how to find perfect font for a website.
Type Genius is a free website to find the perfect font for your own website or project. You can first choose a font (say starter font) and then it will automatically find the font that will best suit with the starter font. Both fonts can also be previewed with a sample webpage. So, you can see how your website will look using those fonts.
Fonts can also be previewed with custom text. However, sample webpage won’t come with custom text. S
tarter font can be used as heading/title in your website and matching font can be used to describe the content on webpage.
In screenshot below, you can see sample fonts, and sample webpage with those fonts.
You may also check these free websites to try fonts with custom text.
How To Find Perfect Font for Your Website?
Go to the homepage of this website by using the link added at the end of this tutorial. You need to follow some simple steps to find perfect font for your own website:
Step 1: Select the starter font that you want to use in your website. Multiple fonts are available to choose from, such as: Adobe Caslon Pro, Alternate Gothic No. 1 D, Calluna, Chivo, Comic Serif Pro, Effra, Europa, FF Tisa Pro, Garamond Premier Pro, Lato, Minion Pro, Oswald, Oxygen, Sanchez, and more. Use drop down option and select your font.
Step 2: After selecting the first font, this website will automatically find the best matching font. At left side, you can see both fonts with default text. You can also customize the text to preview fonts.
Links to buy those fonts is also available with each font. However, you can also try some font downloader websites to grab your fonts (if available).
Step 3: At right side, a sample webpage will be visible that will give you a clear idea about how those fonts will look on your website. Homepage link of sample webpage is also available to view the webpage.
Conclusion:
Type Genius is pretty good website as you can preview fonts with custom text as well as can see sample webpage with selected fonts. It will help to take better decision for selecting the fonts for your website.