What Fonts do you Like?

First the comic:

Third panel. I think the implication of switching to Courier is that it’s an expression of poverty or desperation. Courier came from typewriters, which assign the same amount of space to each letter, a simpler and less sophisticated way of making letters. This type of font is called monospaced. Arial was developed by Apple. It has a reputation for being easy to read, especially on computer screens, which typically (especially in the early years) have lower resolution than paper. Arial is a proportional font. Letters that are wider (such as “m”) get more space on the line than narrower letters (such as “i”)

So what’s your favorite font?

The difference between serif and sans serif fonts is a topic for another post.