The Windows Courier font looks very "thin"
I am currently working on a web application that I would like to use with Courier. Things work pretty much everything just fine, except that Courier moves very heavily in browsers running on Windows. I know that OSX by-nature renders render fonts on the "bolder" side, however the Windows situation seems dire.
My questions:
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How to enlarge a font on Windows? I am not trying to get font-weight: bold; because it's too much.
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What other font should I use instead of Courier to improve readability on Windows?
Thank.
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Below are the font options. But keep in mind that more often than not, only a few weights are available for a specific font family. When a certain weight is set and there is no face, a face of close weight is used ( source ). Therefore, even if you set the weight to a 500
little thicker than usual, it may still look the same.
If readability is your concern, you should consider using a different font. The general consensus is that sans-serif fonts are more readable on screens than serif fonts, so you should instead use something like Helvetica
or Verdana
... ( font-family: Helvetica, Verdana, Arial, Sans-Serif;
)
Font scales:
100
- Slim
200
- Additional light (Ultra Light)
300
- Light coloured
400
- Usual
500
- Middle
600
- Bold (Demi Bold)
700
- Bold
800
- Extra Bold (Ultra Bold)
900
- Black (heavy)
normal
- The same as "400".
bold
- The same as "700".
bolder
- determines the weight of the face to be more daring than the inherited value.
lighter
- Determines the weight of the face more easily than the inherited value.
BTW Courier
and Courier New
looks great in my windows browsers.
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There is no Courier in modern versions of Windows. Older versions had such a font, usually a low quality bitmap font. Modern versions display the font name Courier Courier New, a much better font. It might look somewhat subtle.
Courier New only has two font sizes, normal and bold. If none of them suit your preference, try using a different font. (Faux bold modification is possible in a way with text-shadow
, but even a single pixel shadow creates an appearance that looks bolder than bold.)
If you want a monospaced font instead of Courier or Courier New, consider using Lucida Console (available on most Windows systems) or Consolas (available on modern Windows systems). They have a higher stroke width.
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