# No arial/veranda, not perfessional?

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**Created:** [November 11, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168 "2003-11-11T05:08:08Z")\
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**Author:** ![MTsoul](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/91b2a8/32.png) [@MTsoul](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/MTsoul)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:08am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/1 "2003-11-11T05:08:08Z")

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does anyone agree w/ me on this one? if the site that has times new roman, for example, as the default font, it is not as professional as one that has arial or veranda as the font?  
i’m betting this one w/ a friend :thumb:

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:12am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/2 "2003-11-11T05:12:55Z")

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depends what sorta site it is… i generally dislike times new roman, but sometimes it just works though IMO

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:21am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/3 "2003-11-11T05:21:35Z")

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When I see Times being used, I can’t help but think, “Now here’s a website designer who was too lazy to declare a font or use a style sheet and so just used the default!”

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 5:32am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/4 "2003-11-11T05:32:01Z")

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well basically, you have 2 choices…

serif or not…

once you choose serif, there isn’t much reason to choose anything else since it looks so similar…

also, Times gives the impression of fact, which comes from Newspapers printing with it for years…

Rev ![](http://aulman.com/rev.gif)

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**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:24am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/5 "2003-11-11T06:24:25Z")

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I ALWAYS use verdana size 12.

for small text, verdana size 10 (also works for mini sites)

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**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:31am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/6 "2003-11-11T06:31:53Z")

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I normally use Tahoma/Verdana sizes 12-7 😃

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**Post date:** [November 11, 2003, 6:36am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/no-arial-veranda-not-perfessional/35168/7 "2003-11-11T06:36:46Z")

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Times was made mainly for printing purposes.